Trinity Universal Insurance Co. v. Cowan

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• concluding that intent relevant to trespass action is only defendant’s intent to enter property; motive is irrelevant
• holding that \bodily injury\ (definition identical to definition in Centauri policy) does not include purely emotional injuries and \unambiguously requires an injury to the physical structure of the human body\
• explaining that the “the duty to indemnify is triggered by the actual facts establishing liability in the underlying suit”
• concluding that, for insurance PLAJNTIFF'S 'fEURD AMENDED PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTIONS. DEH NITJONS, AND QUESTIONS- PAGE 8 11 coverage purposes, claim for physical manifestations of mental anguish is not implicitly raised by pleading of mental anguish
• holding that a photo lab clerk, who had made copies of provocative photographs of female customer and showed them to his friends, committed an intentional tort even though he did not intend for customer to know of his actions
• holding that a photo lab clerk, who had made copies of provocative photographs of female customer and showed them to his friends, committed an intentional tort even though he did not intend for customer to know of his actions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).