Cary v. Allstate Ins. Co.

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
• 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
• exclusion for criminal acts or situations where person found not guilty by reason of insanity
• public policy is generally determined by the Legislature, not the courts

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).