Bemis v. Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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

• relying on Emerson to reject a public policy challenge against an insane acts exclusion in a homeowner's policy
• declining to award fees on appeal where case of first impression raised debatable issue of substantial public impression
• relying on Emerson to reject a public policy challenge against an insane acts exclusion in a homeowner’s policy
• upholding an exclusion in a homeowner’s insurance contract for acts committed by an insured while insane despite the State’s policy of compensating crime victims
• declining to award fees on appeal where case of first impression raised debatable issue of substantial public impression
• affirming there was no coverage for a mentally insane insured because the policy excluded criminal conduct whether the insured was sane or not and that the provision did not violate public policy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).