A Minnesota appeals court ruled that an assault was an intentional act, and thus excluded under a commercial general liability policy, in The Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bloomington Steel & Supply Co., No. A04-1713, 2005 WL 1021654 (Minn. App. May 3, 2005).

 

The company where Jose Padilla worked shared space with Bloomington Steel, which was wholly owned by Cecil Reiners. Reiners and Padilla got into an argument, and Reiners was charged with first-degree assault after striking Padilla on the head with a two-by-four.

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