American Standard Insurance v. Basbagill

How courts have described this case

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• holding that plaintiff has forfeited review of an unpleaded assertion on appeal even though plaintiff raised the argument at trial
• duty to defend is a creature of contract, the scope of which is determined by construing the policy
• party may recover only according to the case it has made for itself by its pleadings
• duty to defend is a creature of contract, the scope of which is determined by construing the policy
• “A party must recover, if at all, according to the case he has made for himself by his pleadings.
• “[a] party must recover, if at all, according to the case he has made for himself by his pleadings”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).