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· 11/3/2000

Smith v. Animal Urgent Care, Inc.

Citations

  • 542 S.E.2d 827
  • 208 W. Va. 664
  • 2000 W. Va. LEXIS 125

How courts have described this case

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

  • because of an intentional acts exclusion, there was no coverage for employer under commercial general liability policy when employee alleged employer wrongfully engaged in sexual harassment
  • bodily injury, sickness, or disease in general commercial liability policy does not include purely emotional harm
  • claim based on sexual harassment does not come within definition of “occurrence,” defined as an “accident,” in insurance liability policy
  • “purely mental or emotional harm that . . . lacks physical manifestation does not fall within a definition of ‘bodily injury’ which is limited to ‘bodily injury, sickness, or disease.’”
  • “[T]he complaint is replete with allegations that [the insured] committed intentional acts.”

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Judges: Scott, McGraw

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