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ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. PEASLEY

No. 63869-1.

932 P.2d 1244 (1997)

131 Wash.2d 420

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Respondent, v. James Robert PEASLEY, a single person, Defendant, Ardis Jeanne Parker, a single person, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided March 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Anderson, Seattle, for petitioner.

Keller, Rohrback, Irene Hecht, Seattle, for respondent.

Harbaugh & Bloom, Gray N. Bloom, Spokane, Debra Stephens, Spokane, Bryan P. Harnetiaux, Spokane, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Trial Lawyers Association.

DOLLIVER, Justice.

An insurance company asks for a declaration that a criminal acts exclusion in its homeowner's insurance policy precludes insurance coverage to a guest who was shot by the homeowner, when the shooting constituted the crime of reckless endangerment. We find the criminal acts exclusion applies to the facts of this case.

While a guest in James Peasley's house, Ardis Parker was shot in the stomach by...

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