Legal Opinion
American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Pacchetti
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided May 3, 1991No. 73041PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMAR, Chief Justice.
On June 29, 1984, Derek Anderson, 16 years old, was visiting in the home of Charles Pacchetti. Pacchetti asked Derek to join him in his bedroom and then, after showing him some guns, asked “Have you ever heard of anybody opening on cocaine?” When Derek said, “No” Pacchetti showed him a blue plastic bottle and said “This stuff is almost pure. It doesn’t do anything to me.” He then injected Derek with cocaine, or assisted him in injecting cocaine, or furnished him cocaine knowing that he proposed to inject it. Derek collapsed and soon died from an overdose of cocaine..…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Linebaugh v. BerdishMichigan Court of Appeals · 1985
- Western National Assurance Co. v. HeckerCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1986
- Hanover Insurance Co. v. NewcomerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
- Truck Insurance Exchange v. PickeringMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
- Poston v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Court of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1982
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3Cited by40 opinions
- David A. Kostelec v. State Farm Fire and Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- B.B. v. Continental Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Wood v. Safeco Insurance Co. of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
- Allen v. Continental Western Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 2014
- Charter Oil Company v. American Employers' Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
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