American Continental Ins. Co. v. Steen

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the statute is “to protect the injured and damaged by preventing insureds and insurers from coming together and canceling or rescinding insurance contracts after a potentially covered injury, death, or damage has occurred”
• explaining that “[t]he term ‘occurrence’ has a general meaning in the context of insurance law well known to legislators,” which generally means “an event that gives rise to the legal liability of the insured for which the insurance contract provides coverage”
• the court's primary goal in construing a statute is to determine and give effect to legislative intent
• the court’s primary goal in construing a statute is to determine and give effect to legislative intent
• in interpreting a statute, the court’s “primary objective is to ascertain and give effect to the [legislature’s] intent and purpose” (citing State v. Watson, 146 Wn.2d 947, 954, 51 P.3d 66 (2002))
• in interpreting a statute, the court's \primary objective is to ascertain and give effect to the [legislature's] intent and purpose\ (citing State v. Watson, 146 Wn.2d 947,954, 51 P.3d 66 (2002))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).