Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company v. James Ferando

2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88110 (S.D. Ill. 2011)

Words & Phrases

Collateral Estoppel

Trial Judge

Judge David R. Hermdon

Holding

Complaint does not allege suffficient facs constituting the crime of aggravated discharge of a firearm, and the criminal acts exclusion should not be applied.

Fact Summary

Court would not find it proper to accord estoppel effect to Ferando's criminal conviction to crime of aggravated discharge or reckless conduct.   Recklessness and knowlede are mutually inconsistent culpable mental states. 

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