Legal Opinion

Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance v. Ellison

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided June 6, 1997No. 69A01-9610-CV-357PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether a homeowner’s insurer is required to defend its insured for continually exposing a child to a child molester when the homeowner’s policy excludes coverage for injuries which are expected or intended. Specifically, appellant-plaintiff Farmers Mutual Insurance Company (Farmers Mutual) contends it has no duty to defend appellee-defendant Opal Ellison because she expected or intended the injuries suffered by her grand-daughter, ap-pellee-defendant Jennie Ellison Hawthorne, when she was molested by her grandfather and Opal’s…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners v. RittenhouseIndiana Court of Appeals · 1991
  2. Trisler v. Indiana Insurance Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1991
  3. In Re Marriage of SnemisIndiana Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance v. GrahamIndiana Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. Bolin v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1990

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Mahan v. American Standard Insurance Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 2007
  2. Warren K. Huntzinger and Nancy J. Huntzinger v. Hastings Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
  3. Hoosier Insurance Co. v. Audiology Foundation of AmericaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2001
  4. Smith v. BrownIndiana Court of Appeals · 2002
  5. Mullis v. BrennanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1999

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