HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO. v. BLAKENEY

SC 1673.

340 So.2d 754 (1976)

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation v. Billy BLAKENEY and Linda W. Combs, as Guardian of Ellis Glenn Combs, a non compos mentis.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan M. Gibson of Roberts & Davidson, Tuscaloosa, for appellant.

H. Vann Waldrop of Hubbard, Waldrop & Jenkins, Tuscaloosa, for appellee Linda W. Combs, guardian.

E. D. McDuffie of McDuffie & Holcombe, Tuscaloosa, for appellee.


EMBRY, Justice.

The trial court submitted to the jury the question of whether an injury was accidental and therefore covered by a liability insurance policy, or was the result of an intentional act and within the terms of a specific exclusion in that same policy. We hold that determination was properly left to the jury.

This action arose on account of an injury suffered by Glen Combs at the home of Billy Blakeney. Combs and his wife attended a party at Blakeney...

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