Insured Appeals Finding That Incident Was Not ‘Accident’ Under Homeowners Policy

Mealey's (February 19, 2020, 11:58 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — An insured on Jan 24 indicated that he was filing an appeal in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to challenge a lower federal court’s ruling that events involving him and his former companion that occurred Aug. 10, 2014, were not an “accident” to trigger coverage under his homeowners and umbrella insurance policies (David Black v. State Farm General Insurance Company, et al., No. 19-04163, C.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 227226)....