In Jonathan Delgado v. Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club of Southern California, a suit for damages was brought against Craig Reid, who was insured under a homeowners insurance policy issued by the Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club of Southern California. The Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeal and affirmed the trial court, because an accident is an unexpected, unforeseen, or undesigned happening or consequence from either a known or unknown cause. The Supreme Court concluded that an insured's unreasonable belief in the need for self-defense does nut turn the resulting purposeful and intentional act of assault and battery into "an accident" within the policy's coverage clause. Therefore, the insurance company had no duty to defend its insured in the laws...
- Police beat In Peoria the other night, after she stopped at an intersection and got out of her car to confront a group of female "acquaintances" who were banging on the trunk of her car, a 17-year- old suffered minor injuries when one of the assailants attacked her head with a 19-inch TV set. - Surprise! Surprise!: Bloomington-Normal is well-known for several things, of course ... as an insurance capital, a nice place to get a secondary education, mega-white collar, with low crime.
Decision and judgment entry. Judgment rendered in favor of plaintiff Janita McDonald on her assault and battery claims and in favor of defendant on plaintiffs' remaining claims.
The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) waives federal sovereign immunity in cases involving the negligent or wrongful acts of federal government employees acting within the scope of their employment and assigns jurisdiction in such cases to the federal courts. The federal courts, in turn, borrow state negligence rules to adjudicate claims. An exception to the general waiver is found in 2680(h) of the FTCA, the so-called "assault and battery exception," which maintains government immunity from any claim arising out of assault, battery, or other intentional torts. Without definitive Supreme Court guidance on the issue, the federal courts of appeals have split on whether the government is liable for negligence associated with intentional torts. The lone voice in the minority is the Ninth Circu...
Assault Police Officer Kenmore Street, 11:11 a.m. June 7, student was disorderly and involved in a physical assault and battery while at school.
A civil jury in Santa Monica, Calif., says Snoop Dogg didn't hit a man who came up on stage during a 2005 concert near Seattle. The rapper wasn't in court Friday when the jury's verdict cleared him of civil assault and battery claims. The jury did find that Richard Monroe Jr. suffered serious injuries during the concert and awarded him $449,400 in damages to be paid by a record label, another performer and others involved in the concert.
Justin J. Kent sentenced to six to eight years in prison, suspended with eight years of supervised probation. By Lindsey Erin Kroskob
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