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STATE FARM FIRE AND CAS. CO. v. SMITH

No. 89-15394.

907 F.2d 900 (1990)

STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald SMITH, Defendant, and Toni Delibertis, individually and in her capacity as Guardian of the person Angela Marie Smith; and Angela Marie Smith, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 3, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Foley, Jr., Pearson and Patton, Las Vegas, Nev., for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Randall Jones, argued, Paul A. Lemcke, Jones, Jones, Close & Brown, Las Vegas, Nev., for defendants-appellants.

Before BEEZER and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges, and STEPHENS, District Judge.

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

This case presents a question of insurance coverage. Ronald Smith sexually molested his adopted daughter on several occasions. While he admits these acts were intentional, he denies any intent to harm his daughter. He was, he says, trying to do her a favor. The question is whether, in a subsequent civil lawsuit brought by his daughter and her mother to recover for emotional and psychological damage, Smith can force his liability insurance...

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