STATE FARM FIRE AND CAS. CO. v. EWING

No. 00-3380.

269 F.3d 888 (2001)

STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Burton J. EWING, Jr.; Kristin Horner, as Trustee for the Heirs and Next of Kin of Mary Elizabeth Ewing, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 1, 2001

Corrected October 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kay Nord Hunt, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Reid R. Lindquist, Shiela A. Bjorklund, on the brief), for appellant.

Susan M. Coler, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellee.

Before BOWMAN and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and KOPF, District Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

State Farm appeals the district court's2 determination that Burton Ewing, who murdered his sister while suffering from a psychotic delusion, is an insured under his mother's homeowner's policy and personal liability umbrella policy for the purpose of providing him a defense or indemnification to the wrongful death action brought by his deceased sister's Trustee. Because we agree with the district court that Burton...

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