Western Agricultural Insurance v. Brown

OPINION

NOYES, Judge.

¶ 1 Dr. Michael Kogianes shot his wife and her companion a total of nine times, and he said to the dying companion, “This is the last marriage you’ll ever break up.” Kogi-anes was convicted of two counts of premeditated first degree murder by a jury that rejected his insanity defense. Kogianes and the victims’ survivors then sought insurance coverage from Western Agricultural Insurance Co. (“Western”), which insured Kogi-anes for liability from bodily injury. Western filed this action, seeking a declaration that its insurance policy did not cover Kogi-anes for these two…