Letter Brief. A personal liability insurer cannot promise to defend and pay claims for enumerated intentional torts such as false arrest, false imprisonment, defamation, or invasion of privacy and then deny coverage because the inherently intentional quality of the insured’s act violates the policy requirement that the personal injury offense result from an “accident.”
Uhrich vs. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
Year
2002
Court
California Supreme Court
Case Number
S117639
Issue
- Coverage
State
- California