CLEMMONS v. AMERICAN STATES INS. CO.

No. 80-1268.

412 So.2d 906 (1982)

Martha J. CLEMMONS, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Jerry Clemmons, Deceased, and Martha J. Clemmons, Individually, Appellant, v. AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 31, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Maher and Herbert H. Hall, Jr., of Maher, Overchuck, Langa & Cate, P.A., Orlando, for appellant.

E. Clay Parker of Parker, Johnson, Owen & McGuire, Orlando, for appellee.


COWART, Judge.

The question in this case is whether or not injuries causing death, inflicted by an insured acting in necessary self-defense, are "intentional injuries" within the meaning of provisions of a liability policy that include under coverage acts committed by the insured not intended to cause serious bodily injury, but which exclude bodily injury "intended from the standpoint of the insured."

The facts are narrated most favorably to appellant. Leeper...

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