Contract Interpretation - Ambiguity
Harsco Corporation v. Scottsdale Insurance Company
Year: 2023
Court: Indiana Supreme Court
Case Number: 21A-PL-02483
Issue:
  • Contract Interpretation - Ambiguity
State:
  • Indiana

In its amicus curiae brief, United Policyholders advocates explicitly overturning Indiana’s overbroad “neutral stance” rule formulated in the case Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company v. Statesman Insurance Company, which declines to extend the benefit of the longstanding contra proferentem rule to parties who have not directly paid insurance…
Yahoo Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA
Year: 2019
Court: California Supreme Court
Case Number: S253593
Issue:
  • Contract Interpretation - Ambiguity
State:
  • California

In its 2019 amicus curiae brief, United Policyholders weighs in on important issues of insurance policy contract interpretation in California. United Policyholder’s brief draws the Court’s attention to the importance and purpose of standard liability coverage language used in countless insurance policies throughout the state…
U.S. Metals v. Liberty Mutual Group
Year: 2015
Court: Texas Supreme Court
Case Number: 14-0753
Issue:
  • Contract Interpretation - Ambiguity
  • Physical injury requirement for property coverage
State:
  • Texas

On certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, the Texas Supreme Court was confronted with the question of whether the “your product” and “impaired property” exclusions in CGL policies, are the terms “physical injury” and/or “replacement” ambiguous? UP argued, inter…