ECONOMY FIRE & CAS. CO. v. IVERSON

No. C1-87-2234.

445 N.W.2d 824 (1989)

ECONOMY FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Richard V. IVERSON, Orville M. Olson, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kay Nord Hunt, Phillip A. Cole, Caryn F. Brenner, Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, P.A., Minneapolis, for appellant.

Thomas J. Hunziker, Minneapolis, for respondent Iverson.

Joseph Lyons-Leoni, Minneapolis, for respondent Olson.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


WAHL, Justice.

Economy Fire & Casualty Company (Economy), having brought this declaratory judgment action, appeals a judgment determining that, under the terms of a homeowner's insurance policy, it was required to provide a defense for its insured, Richard Iverson, in a tort suit brought by Orville Olson. The trial court concluded that the policy provision which excluded acts "expected or intended by the insured" did not exclude coverage for deliberate acts taken...

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