PUBLISHED DECISIONS:

None.

Selected cases that were not designated for publication in tort, insurance and civil law. None.

984.  Insurance Coverage.  Coverage re terms of “occurrence” and “intentional”.
Brown v. Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Ins. Co.
Affirmed summary judgment in favor of the defendant in the wrongful death claim that involved shooting and burial of the body. The mother of the decedent attempted to distinguish the shooting from the damages she sustained by the burial and hiding the body. This was not considered a covered “occurrence” under the policy.  In addition, the bodily injury was not covered since it was a harm expected or intended by the insured.

997.  Reversed dismissal of default judgment granted in favor of the insurance company.
Amica Mutual  Insurance  Company  v.  Marzette

1001.  Affirmed dismissal of claim for malicious prosecution.
O’Hara v. Marsh

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