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Life Insurance – The insured was killed while committing an indictable offence – exclusion in the policy

May 19, 2016

Desjardins Sécurité financière, compagnie d’assurance vie v. Émond, 2016 QCCA 161

The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the scope of the expression “indictable offence” as it appears in section 2402 of the Civil Code of Quebec (“C.C.Q.”) is limited to unmitigated indictable offences. On July 8, 2009, the insured was killed following a motorcycle accident, which occurred during a very high-speed chase involving the insured and a Sûreté du Québec officer.

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