Legal Opinion

Rick Deeter v. Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Company

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided December 4, 2013No. 43A04-1305-PL-229PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

Appellant-plaintiff Rick Deeter appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee-defendant Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Company (Farmers) regarding his claim for insurance proceeds against Farmers. In particular, Rick asserts that Farmers failed to craft a clear and unambiguous insurance policy and thus improperly denied his claim based on the intentional loss exclusion in the policy for his home. Rick also argues that he is an "innocent co-insured spouse" and contends that the fact that Callie Deeter, his wife, is guilty of causing an…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Kroger Co. v. PlonskiIndiana Supreme Court · 2010
  2. American Economy Insurance v. LiggettIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. Fuston v. National Mutual InsuranceIndiana Court of Appeals · 1982
  4. Horace Mann Insurance v. RichardsIndiana Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. Kari Everhart v. Founders Insurance CompanyIndiana Court of Appeals · 2013

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Smith v. Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 2020
  2. Taylor v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 2020

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