Allstate Insurance v. Norris

How courts have described this case

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• holding exclusion in homeowner’s policy negating coverage for “any ‘criminal act or omission’ ” both applied to unintentional criminal acts and did not violate public policy
• no \accident\ where the insured fired several shots in an attempt to \pin down\ an unidentified man, but instead struck a passerby
• no \accident\ where the insured fired several shots in an attempt to \pin down\ an unidentified man, but instead struck a passerby
• general criminal exclusion clause not violative of public policy although clause interpreted to exclude unintentional injuries

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