Botts v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that, in interpret- ing insurance policies, the court is “guided by the principle that it is the common understanding of the term which must be used and not its technical meanings”
• “The insurance company may, of course, insert in its policy any definition of [policy terms] it chooses [.]”
• \There are probably not many words which have caused courts as much trouble as 'accident' and ‘accidental.’ \
• “There are probably not many words which have caused courts as much trouble as ‘accident’ and ‘accidental.’ ”
• adopting approach for undefined terms in insurance policy
• “lay[ing] the distinction to rest” in Oregon

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).