AES CORP. v. Steadfast Ins. Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding an “occurrence” refers “to an incident that was unexpected from the viewpoint of the insured,” depending on “whether the resulting harm is alleged to have been reasonably anticipated or the natural and probable consequence of the insured’s intentional act.”
• “In this instance, the allegations of negligence do not support a claim of an accident.” (emphasis added)
• “[A]n insurer’s duty to defend is determined solely by the allegations in the pleadings.”
• “[I]t is a well-established principle, consistently applied in this Commonwealth, that only the allegations in the complaint and the provisions of the insurance policy are to be considered in deciding whether there is a duty on the part of the insurer to defend and indemnify the insured.”
• treating “occurrence” and “accident” as synonymous
• discussing the “eight corners rule”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).