Scarano v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[i]n order to avoid coverage on the basis of an exclusion for expected or intentional injuries, the insurer must demonstrate that the injury itself was expected or intended.”
• noting a Massachusetts court case that held that to be excluded the insured must specifically intend the harm or be substantially certain such harm would occur
• noting a Massachusetts court case that held that to be excluded the insured must specifically intend the harm or be substantially certain such harm would occur
• the insured shot a bb gun at a group with the purpose of scaring, and the victim was hit when he turned toward the insured
• the insured shot a BB gun at a group with the purpose of scaring, and the victim was hit when he turned toward the insured

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).