American States Insurance v. Willoughby

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that permitting criminal actions to form the basis of policy coverage would “vitiate[e] the purpose of insurance”
• spectator who punched, kicked, and bit security guards could expect physical injuries that resulted from assault; “[t]hese types of action are per se intentional and the intent to seriously injure is evident from the commission and type or nature of the act itself.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).