B.M.B. v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

OPINION

ANDERSON, RUSSELL A., Justice.

Plaintiff B.M.B. obtained a judgment, in state district court, against Ronald K. Hal-liday for compensatory and punitive damages resulting from Halliday’s nonconsen-sual sexual contact with B.M.B. Halliday’s insurer, defendant State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (State Farm), denied coverage. Halliday then assigned his State Farm policy rights to B.M.B., who commenced suit for breach of insurance contract in federal district court against State Farm. The federal district court denied State Farm’s motion for summary judgment on grounds that the policy’s…