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        "text": "JUSTICE HARRISON\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nShelter Insurance Companies, plaintiff, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Madison County declaring that a policy issued by plaintiff afforded coverage in connection with an accident in which the insured, Michael Smith, punched Kerry Dioneda several times. For the reasons which follow, we reverse the judgment of the circuit court.\nThe record establishes that plaintiff issued a homeowner\u2019s policy to Jack H. Smith and Mary B. Smith, and that Michael Smith was an insured under the terms of this policy. The policy contains the following exclusion:\n\u201cThis policy does not apply:\n1. Under Coverage E-Personal Liability and Coverage F-Medical Payment to Others:\n* * *\nf. to bodily injury or property damage which is either expected or intended from the standpoint of the insured.\u201d\nDuring the trial of this matter, Michael Smith testified that on November 19, 1981, he was driving his car in Granite City when an automobile driven by Kerry Dioneda pulled into his lane of traffic and cut him off. Smith testified that he became angry, made an obscene gesture at Dioneda, whom he did not know, and pulled his vehicle up beside Dioneda\u2019s at a stoplight. Smith then pointed to a nearby parking lot, and both he and Dioneda pulled their vehicles into that lot. Smith\u2019s girlfriend was with him in the car, and Dioneda\u2019s brother Randy was in the Dioneda vehicle with Kerry. After stopping in the parking lot, Smith got out of his car and went to the driver\u2019s side of the Dioneda vehicle. After an exchange of words between the two men, Smith hit Kerry Dioneda. Smith described his actions as follows:\n\u201cQ. He [Dioneda] never hit you with his hands or with his fist, did he, sir?\nA. No, I blocked a few punches though.\nQ. After you had struck him several times, isn\u2019t that correct, sir?\nA. Would you repeat the question, please?\nQ. When you say you blocked punches, only after you had struck him several times; isn\u2019t that correct, sir?\nA. I don\u2019t believe so.\nQ. It was after you had struck him at least one time, isn\u2019t that correct?\nA. Yes, yes, at least one time.\nQ. You did make the first blow by smashing him in the face with your fist?\nA. Yes, I was defending myself.\n* * *\nQ. (By Mr. Kopis) Now, when you struck Mr. Kerry Dioneda in the face, you did it with power; isn\u2019t that correct?\nA. Yes, I did. I was\u2014\nQ. And you did it with your closed fist, isn\u2019t that correct?\nA. Yes, that was correct, he was making threats towards me and my girlfriend; I didn\u2019t expect to hurt him like that.\nQ. You repeatedly struck him in the face a minimum of five or six times, isn\u2019t that correct?\nA. That is correct.\nQ. And, at the time that you struck him in the face, you intended to hit him in the face; didn\u2019t you, sir?\nA. Yes.\nQ. And, at the time that you intentionally struck Kerry Dioneda in the face, at that time you expected that he would receive an injury as a result of that; didn\u2019t you, sir?\nA. No, I didn\u2019t. No, wrong. I didn\u2019t expect an injury.\nQ. Again, referring to your Discovery Deposition, sir, and I am referring to page 37 you were asked this question and you gave this answer on line 20 question beginning on line 15.\n\u2018How far back did you bring your arm when you hit him in the face with your fist?\nAnswer: I can remember making an upper cut not really-defending myself; I wasn\u2019t trying to get out and hurt him that much really. -\nQuestion: Well, didn\u2019t you expect that if you hit him in the face with your fist that you would hurt him to some degree?\nAnswer: To some degree like maybe a black eye or something like that.\u2019\nDidn\u2019t you give that answer?\nA. You are saying an injury.\nQ. You don\u2019t consider a black eye to be an injury, sir?\nA. No, I don\u2019t.\nQ. What is your definition? How does one get a black eye?\nA. I don\u2019t \u2014 you mean injury talking about a broken bone or something. That's my definition, the way I interpret it.\nQ. You did expect him to receive a black eye of [sic] you pounding him repeatedly in the face?\nA. Not necessarily.\n* * *\nQ. You didn\u2019t receive any bruises or marks on your body, did-you?\nA. I was kicked in the groin area.\nQ. Did you receive any bruises or marks on your body, sir?\nA. It was red, yes.\nQ. With-\nA. My girlfriend had to drive home; I couldn\u2019t drive home in my car.\nQ. You were kicked in the groin you allege after you had already struck Mr. Dioneda several times?\nA. Yes.\nQ. Is that correct?\nA. That is correct.\nQ. Now, Mr. Smith, while you were standing there yelling at Mr. Dioneda, isn\u2019t it true, that there was nothing to prevent you from turning around and walking back to your automobile, getting inside the car and driving away?\nA. That is probably true.\nQ. Nobody tried to physically restrain you, isn\u2019t that true?\nA. That is true.\u201d\nIn Bay State Insurance Co. v. Wilson (1983), 96 Ill. 2d 487, 451 N.E.2d 2d 880, our supreme court discussed an exclusionary clause identical to that contained in the policy issued by plaintiff here:\n\u201cThe terms \u2018intended\u2019 or \u2018expected\u2019 included in such clauses have not been treated as synonymous. Otherwise, no purpose would be served by including them within the clause. A greater degree of proof is required to establish intent than to establish expectation. [Citation.] Injuries which are of such a nature that they should have been reasonably anticipated by the insured are \u2018expected\u2019 injuries.\u201d 96 Ill. 2d 487, 494.\nApplication of this test to the facts of this case compels the conclusion that Dioneda\u2019s injuries were of such a nature that they should reasonably have been anticipated by Smith, and that the court erred in entering judgment against plaintiff. It was uncontradicted that Smith hit Dioneda \u201cwith power,\u201d that Smith could easily have returned to his car instead of hitting Dioneda, and that Dioneda received multiple fractures of the nose and face as a result of Smith\u2019s actions. It has been recognized that a hard blow to the face constitutes an \u201cexpected\u201d injury with respect to the clause in question (Shook v. Tinny (1984) 122 Ill. App. 3d 741, 746-47, 461 N.E.2d 642), and the record here admits of no other conclusion.\nFor the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the circuit court is reversed.\nReversed.\nKASSERMAN and WELCH, JJ., concur.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Wagner, Bertrand, Bauman & Schmieder, of Belleville (William F. Kopis, of counsel), for appellant.",
      "Callis & Hartman, of Granite City (John T. Papa, of counsel), for appellees."
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    "head_matter": "SHELTER INSURANCE COMPANIES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MICHAEL ALLEN SMITH et al., Defendants-Appellees.\nFifth District\nNo. 5\u201484\u20140107\nOpinion filed April 16, 1985.\nWagner, Bertrand, Bauman & Schmieder, of Belleville (William F. Kopis, of counsel), for appellant.\nCallis & Hartman, of Granite City (John T. Papa, of counsel), for appellees."
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