State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Estate of Mehlman

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• explaining that, in interpreting Pennsylvania law, “we treat Pennsylvania Supreme Court opinions as binding precedent and Pennsylvania Superior Court opinions as persuasive precedent”
• noting that “[a]n accident, simply stated, is merely an unanticipated event”
• performing an “occurrence” analysis but only considering the question of whether the insured’s act was intentional
• “Accordingly, it is of no significance in our analysis that the events in question were unexpected, as they surely must have been, when viewed through the eyes of [the victim].”
• “In determining whether [the plaintiffs] injuries resulted from an accident, we must view the operative events from [defendant’s] perspective, for State Farm insured him not [plaintiff
• \[T]he fortuity of the events in question is the key factor to consider in making that determination.\

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