MORGAN v. CINCINNATI INS. CO.

Docket No. 63465, (Calendar No. 6).

411 Mich. 267 (1981)

307 N.W.2d 53

MORGAN v. CINCINNATI INSURANCE COMPANY

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar A. Hord for plaintiff.

Allen, Letzring & Denenfeld for defendant.

Amicus Curiae: Harold Helper.


KAVANAGH, J.

We granted leave to appeal to consider whether the intentional burning of a home by one spouse will bar recovery under a statutory fire insurance policy where the policy names both spouses as "the insured". We hold in this case that it will not.

Plaintiff and her husband, as tenants by the entireties, owned a home which was insured by defendant. On January 20, 1974, it was extensively damaged by a fire started by plaintiff's husband, who was living...

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