Aid Insurance Co. (Mutual) v. Chrest

McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here concerns issue preclusion. Plaintiff Aid Insurance Company sought a declaratory judgment that it had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured Wesley Marvin Chrest in an action brought by Frederick D. Herman against Chrest arising from a shooting incident at Chrest’s home. AID’s homeowners policy excluded coverage for bodily injury “which is either expected or intended from the standpoint of the Insured.” After trial of the declaratory judgment action, a jury returned special verdicts finding that the injury to Herman was neither expected nor intended by…