Iowa Insurance issue

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Word here in Iowa is that a guy who shot an intruder is being prosecuted for premeditation on grounds that he had self defense legal insurance.

It's said that our state attorney general has instructed DAs that having insurance constitutes premeditation.

As a consequence the insurance companies have withdrawn coverage.
 
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Word here in Iowa is that a guy who shot an intruder is being prosecuted for premeditation on grounds that he had self defense legal insurance.

It's said that our state attorney general has instructed DAs that having insurance constitutes premeditation.

As a consequence the insurance companies have withdrawn coverage.
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Let's see some actual evidence from a reliable source. Unless solid evidence corroborating this claim is submitted very soon, I'll close this thread.

And there's nothing to discuss unless we get solid evidence that this is true.
 
Cases like this are exactly the reason self-defense insurance exists in the first place; therefore I find it doubtful that coverage would be withdrawn.

Per Frank's request, from this link: http://www.insurancequotes.com/home/insurance-self-defense-gun

I got this.
Experts point to a 2006 Iowa Supreme Court case as an example of the need for gun owners to carry self-defense insurance. The court ruled that a mother of three who shot and killed an intruder acted intentionally. Therefore, her homeowner's and farm insurance policies didn't have to pay for her defense in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the intruder's survivors.

Tracey Roberts was at her home in rural Iowa with her three children on the evening of Dec. 13, 2001. While she was upstairs preparing her 1-year-old daughter for a bath, she heard noises downstairs. When she looked downstairs, she saw two people coming toward her -- Dustin Wehde and an unidentified second intruder.

Googling "tracey roberts iowa supreme court" I got this: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hero-claim-rejected-iowa-mom-guilty-of-murder/

The woman was convicted of murder...it's kind of a given that her insurance wouldn't pay for her defense.

I've found no indication that insurers are dropping coverage. I've found no indication that she was prosecuted for murder because she had insurance, and there doesn't seem to be a legal issue here.
 
First, my intent on opening this thread was to find out if anyone had heard about this.

That said, my information is coming from sources I regard as quite reliable. It’s an open case at present, lives will be affected, so I am obligated to tread carefully. I will be contacting some people and determining what can be posted here. Probably take a couple of days.

For now, I can say it does not involve the case of the woman mentioned above.
 
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