No Coverage Owed For $20M Wrongful Death Default Judgment, California Panel Affirms

(December 15, 2023, 1:33 PM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — A California appeals panel held that an insured would not reasonably expect that his son’s conduct that resulted in a fatal shooting would fall under a homeowners insurance policy’s scope of coverage for an “accident” and outside the intentional acts exclusion, affirming a lower court’s ruling in favor of insurers in a breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit seeking coverage for an underlying $20 million wrongful death default judgment....