Harris v. Richards

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

This is a homeowners insurance policy coverage case. Donald Harris sought damages for bodily injury resulting from shotgun wounds in an action filed against Roy and Ruth Richards as administrators of the Estate of Douglas Windle Hawley, deceased. The trial court granted the Richards’ motion for summary judgment, concluding that the policy did not provide coverage because (1) the shooting was not a covered occurrence, and (2) the intentional acts exclusion applied.

Our jurisdiction is under K.S.A. 20-3018(c) (transfer from the Court of Appeals on…