Johnson v. Aid Ins. Co. of Des Moines, Ia.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a contractor’s intentional violation of a contract does not establish an “occurrence”
• noting duty to defend may arise when insured comes forward with facts suggesting potential coverage
• Insurer initially may rely on allegations of complaint to determine whether to provide defense; insured must then make some factual showing to insurer that suit was actually one for damages from events which do fall within policy terms

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).