The respondent's husband died when a bomb he was attempting to plant exploded.
The respondent claimed the $50,000 life insurance indemnity as the designated beneficiary.
The insurer refused to pay, arguing that the insured's death during the commission of a crime triggered a public order exception preventing recovery.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that the insured's act was not an 'intentional fault' because he did not intend to cause his own death.
Furthermore, while the public order principle that 'no one may profit from their own crime' exists in Quebec civil law, it cannot be set up against an innocent third-party beneficiary.
The appeal was dismissed, and the respondent was entitled to the insurance proceeds.
