Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Property and Liability Insurance Co. v. Bonnie McCosker Kirkwood
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 15, 1984No. 83-1503PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
On April 19, 1982, James Kirkwood shot and killed his stepson, shot and wounded his wife, and then committed suicide. His wife, acting for herself and her son’s estate, sought damages from Kirkwood’s estate. She and the Kirkwood estate joined in asking Metropolitan Property and Liability Insurance Company to pay the damages according to the terms of Kirkwood’s homeowner’s insurance policy. Metropolitan believed it was not liable, for the policy covered only negligently inflicted, not .intentionally inflicted, injuries. And Metropolitan brought a declaratory judgment…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Public Affairs Associates, Inc. v. RickoverSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Burd v. Sussex Mutual Insurance CompanySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1970
- Hanes Corporation, a North Carolina Corporation v. Julien MillardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- EMPLOYERS'FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. BealsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1968
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3Cited by35 opinions
- State Farm Fire & Casualty Company v. Robert Ray Mhoon, Takura Fujiwara, and Melinda Isabel FujiwaraCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
- Terra Nova Insurance Company, Ltd. v. 900 Bar, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- Elmer M. Kunkel, William H. Dennler, John D. Lockton, Ted B. Westfall and William D. Robertson v. Continental Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- Allstate Insurance Company v. GreenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
- Riva v. Commonwealth of MACourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
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