AID INS. CO. (MUT.) v. CHREST

No. 68689.

336 N.W.2d 437 (1983)

AID INSURANCE COMPANY (MUTUAL), Appellee, v. Wesley Marvin CHREST and Frederick D. Herman, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dee A. Runnels of Coyle, Gilman & Stengel, Rock Island, Illinois, for appellant Herman.

J.R. Sokol of Sokol & Sokol, Maquoketa, for appellant Chrest.

David E. Schoenthaler of Schoenthaler, Roberg & Bartelt, Maquoketa, for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and McCORMICK, SCHULTZ, CARTER and WOLLE, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here concerns issue preclusion. Plaintiff Aid Insurance Company sought a declaratory judgment that it had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured Wesley Marvin Chrest in an action brought by Frederick D. Herman against Chrest arising from a shooting incident at Chrest's home. AID's homeowners policy excluded coverage for bodily injury "which is either expected or intended from the standpoint of the Insured." After trial of the declaratory...

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