JACK GRISS, APPELLANT,
v.
AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1989-12-05
No. 89-1310
Before BARKDULL, FERGUSON and COPE, JJ.
554 So. 2d 556 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1989) Negative Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

The dispositive question is whether the use of deadly force in self-defense constitutes intentional conduct causing harm to another within the exclusion-from-coverage provision of a homeowner’s insurance policy. On the authority of Marshall v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., 534 So. 2d 776 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988), rev. granted,,

544 So. 2d 201 (Fla.1989), we answer the question in the negative, and certify the question.

Reversed and remanded.

. Marshall conflicts with Clemmons v. American States Ins. Co., 412 So. 2d 906 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982).


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