Legal Opinion
Bryant v. Allstate Insurance
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided September 4, 1984No. 7:11-misc-07007PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BERTELSMAN, District Judge.
This case presents the court with an issue of first impression in Kentucky, namely, whether an innocent spouse is entitled to her proportional share of the proceeds of a fire insurance policy on a home owned jointly by her and her husband, when the husband has destroyed it by arson.
On June 25, 1981, a fire and explosion destroyed a residence in Florence, Kentucky, jointly owned by the plaintiff, Edna Faye Bryant, and her husband, Raymond J. Bryant. The defendant, Allstate Insurance Company, insured the house and its contents against certain losses, including…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Steigler v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Court of Delaware · 1978
- Economy Fire & Casualty Co. v. WarrenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
- Short v. Oklahoma Farmers Union Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- Lovell v. Rowan Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
- Bridges v. Commercial Standard Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1952
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Watson v. United Services Automobile Ass'nSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1997
- Wilburt Sales, Jr., Janice T. Sales, Cross-Appellants v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- McAllister v. Millville Mutual InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Maravich v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Vance v. Pekin Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1990
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