10 Ellicott Square Court Corp. v. Mountain Valley Indemnity Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that under New York law “[a]n unsigned contract may be enforceable, provided there is objective evidence establishing that the parties intended to be bound”
• explaining that courts “must give ‘unambiguous provisions of an insurance contract . . . their plain and ordinary meaning.’”
• explaining that “[i]t is common practice . . . to refer to the dictionary to determine the plain and ordinary meaning of words to a contract”
• recognizing discretionary authority to certify questions of state law
• applying New York law and interpreting “executed” to require pre-loss signing or full performance of an underlying contract, and denying additional insured status to the plaintiffs in the absence of both
• “[W]e may affirm a decision on any grounds supported in the record, even if it is not one on which the trial court relied.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).