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· 11/16/1994

Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Roe

Citations

  • 650 A.2d 94
  • 437 Pa. Super. 414
  • 1994 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3411

How courts have described this case

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

  • affirming trial court's grant of summary judgment where third party claims did not trigger insurer's duty to defend insured
  • applying inferred intent doctrine to sexual and physical abuse of children in a day school
  • Superior Court reviewed trial court’s resolution of insurer’s action seeking declaration of duty to defend and indemnify
  • “An insured intends an injury if he/she desires to cause the consequences of his/her act or if he/she acted knowing - that such consequences were substantially certain to result.”
  • “It is the face of the complaint and not the truth of the facts alleged therein which determines whether there is a duty to defend.”
  • “The insurer’s obligation to defend is fixed solely by the allegations in the underlying complaint.”

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Judges: Cavanaugh, Kelly, Brosky

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