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No Indemnification to Insurance Company from Killer
After Connecticut prisoner Kevin King received a $2,070,000 award in a
civil rights case resulting from a beating he received during a failed
prison escape, the insurance company that paid a $1,750,000 settlement for
wrongful death relating to King's crime (a murder) sought indemnification.
The plaintiff insurance company said it was entitled to indemnification
under common law for King's intentional acts in rape, sodomization, and
murder of a 15 year old female. King contended the apartment complex owner
failed to proved adequate security and assigned an incompetent guard to
provide security in a known high crime area and was not entitled to
indemnification. A February 8, 2001, jury verdict agreed with King. See:
Reliance Insurance Company v. King, New Britain Judicial District, Ct. Case
No: CV-99-0494869 (2001).
civil rights case resulting from a beating he received during a failed
prison escape, the insurance company that paid a $1,750,000 settlement for
wrongful death relating to King's crime (a murder) sought indemnification.
The plaintiff insurance company said it was entitled to indemnification
under common law for King's intentional acts in rape, sodomization, and
murder of a 15 year old female. King contended the apartment complex owner
failed to proved adequate security and assigned an incompetent guard to
provide security in a known high crime area and was not entitled to
indemnification. A February 8, 2001, jury verdict agreed with King. See:
Reliance Insurance Company v. King, New Britain Judicial District, Ct. Case
No: CV-99-0494869 (2001).
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Related legal case
Reliance Insurance Company v. King
| Year | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Cite | New Britain Judicial District, Ct. Case No: CV-99- |
| Level | State Trial Court |
| Attorney Fees | 0 |
| Damages | 0 |
| Injunction Status | N/A |