Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance v. Ramsey

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that “[t]he stabbing of the defendant [twenty-four times] clearly constituted physical abuse within the language of the policy”
• abuse and molestation exclusion precluded coverage where insured sexually assaulted romantic partner but insurer could not rely upon exclusion for intentional acts because insured suffered from psychiatric disorder and could not act with intent
• “The stabbing of the defendant clearly constituted physical abuse within the language of the policy. As such, the injuries suffered by the defendant are not covered, and the plaintiff has no duty to defend or to indemnify Jeffrey Ramsey.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).