B.B. v. Continental Insurance Company

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• reasoning that incapacity based on age of actor has no bearing on application of inferred-intent standard because rationale is dependent on act not on actor
• concluding that sexual molestation is not a covered occurrence under an insurance policy based on an inferred-intent standard where the inherently harmful act of sexual molestation is sufficient to infer an abuser’s intent to harm or injure a child
• under Missouri law, intent was inferred for perpetrator who was 13 to 16 years old at the time of the abuse
• insurance coverage for liability arising out of sexual abuse of a minor is contrary to Missouri public policy
• insurance coverage for liability arising out of sexual abuse of a minor is contrary to Missouri public policy
• perpetrator of sexual abuse of a minor intends to cause bodily harm as a matter of law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).