PIQUE v. SAIA

No. 83-C-1475.

450 So.2d 654 (1984)

Thomas W. PIQUE v. Charles J. SAIA, Sr. and Charles J. Saia, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Due, David Robinson, Due, Dodson, deGravelles, Robinson & Caskey, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-applicant.

Charles A. O'Brien, Franklin, Moore & Walsh, William H. Cooper, Jr., Cooper, Thompson, Pierson, William T. Lowrey, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendants-respondents.


DENNIS, Justice.

The question of law presented by this case is whether a homeowner's liability insurance policy clause excluding coverage for "bodily injury ... which is either expected or intended from the standpoint of the Insured," bars recovery for negligent injuries. The court of appeal set aside a judgment for the plaintiff, holding that recovery was barred by the exclusion. We reverse and reinstate the trial court judgment. Construing the ambiguous policy provision...

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