STATE FARM FIRE AND CAS. v. van GORDER

No. 88-560.

455 N.W.2d 543 (1990)

235 Neb. 355

STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellee, v. H. Judson van GORDER, Jr., Individually and in His Capacity as Executive Presbyter, Appellant, John Doe, a Minor, By and Through His Next Friend, Patrick Riskowski, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

May 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott E. Sidwell, of Sidwell & Shofstall, Kearney, for appellant.

Patrick W. Healey, of Healey, Wieland, Kluender, Atwood, Jacobs & Geier, Lincoln, for appellee State Farm.

Roger R. Holthaus, Omaha, for appellee John Doe.

HASTINGS, C.J., BOSLAUGH, WHITE, CAPORALE, SHANAHAN, GRANT, and FAHRNBRUCH, JJ.


FAHRNBRUCH, Justice.

H. Judson van Gorder, Jr., appeals a summary judgment declaring that his sexually abusive acts upon a young male, John Doe, were intended and therefore not covered by van Gorder's homeowner's insurance policy which was issued by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (State Farm).

We affirm the finding of the district court for Buffalo County that State Farm is not required to defend van Gorder in any civil case or to pay any judgment that...

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