PETTIT v. ERIE

No. 96, Sept. Term, 1997.

709 A.2d 1287 (1998)

349 Md. 777

Gloria PETTIT v. ERIE INSURANCE EXCHANGE.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Nemeroff (Wortman & Nemeroff, P.A., on brief), College Park, for petitioner.

Charles E. Wilson, Jr., (Amy Leete Leone, McCarthy, Wilson & Ethridge, all on brief), Rockville, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, RAKER, WILNER and CATHELL, JJ.


RODOWSKY, Judge.

This is a declaratory judgment action concerning personal liability insurance coverage for a pedophile who was sued for sexual child abuse. We shall hold that the exclusion for injuries expected or intended by the insured applies, despite the pedophile's subjective belief that his conduct caused no harm.

Petitioner, Gloria Pettit (Pettit), as mother and next friend of her two minor sons, sued James Kowalski (Kowalski) in the Circuit Court...

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