Allstate Insurance Co. v. Watts

How courts have described this case

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

• “The same harm could have resulted had [the friend] been cutting any number of objects in [the insured’s] garage with the torch completely unrelated to the truck.”
• exclusion in homeowners policy for any loss arising out of maintenance of a motor vehicle did not preclude liability where insured negligently advised victim that there were no flammable liquids in garage; other nonexcluded causes played substantial part in injuries
• “[S]imply because there might arguably be a mere connection between [the excluded cause] and the ultimate harm, does not justify a finding of no coverage when other causal factors played a substantial role in producing the loss complained of[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).