McGory 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.

• finding that insured husband was a third party to the relationship between insurer and coinsured wife because husband's intentional acts absolved insurer of any duty to him
• holding no coverage for damage from intentional fire despite absence of express exclusion
• civil arson defense presented to jury under preponderance of the evidence standard, when in law it should have been subjected to clear and convincing evidence standard
• where insurer is not liable to insured mortgagor but, nevertheless, pays mortgagee, insurer is subrogated to all the rights of the mortgagee
• civil arson defense presented to jury under preponderance standard, when it should have been subjected to clear and convincing evidence standard
• civil arson defense presented to jury under preponderance standard, when it should have been subjected to clear and convincing evidence standard

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).