Insured’s Act Of Firing Pistol Was Not An ‘Accident’ Under Policy, N.C. Panel Says

(May 5, 2022, 12:40 PM EDT) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina appeals panel on May 3 held that an insured’s action of firing a pistol multiple times in the direction of another person was not an “accident” under an insurance policy, affirming a lower court’s ruling that the insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify in an underlying wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the shooting....