Amato v. Mercury Casualty Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he existence of a disputed fact determinative of coverage establishes the duty to defend.”
• “[T]he existence of a disputed fact determinative of coverage establishes the duty to defend.”
• “Human nature being what it is, we have no doubt that insureds sometimes lie to their carriers and vice versa. This possibility does not provide sufficient reason to overturn the rule [regarding the duty to defendant when there is a potential for coverage].”
• noting distinction between the two kinds of cases

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).