· 1/21/1987
Cherry v. Anthony, Gibbs, Sage
Citations
- 501 So. 2d 416
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Even if [the insureds] had not [read the subject insurance policy], knowledge of its contents would be imputed to them as a matter of law.”
- “Even if [the insureds] had not [read the subject insurance policy], knowledge of its contents would be imputed to them as a matter of law.”
- in the context of an insurance policy, knowledge of contract terms is “imputed to [the contracting party] as a matter of law”
- when construing provisions of a contract, the court must look to the document as a whole
- parties must be substantially identical for res judicata to apply
- there is a substantial legal difference between a insurance agency and the individual who shares its name such that res judicata does not apply to bar the action because the parties are not substantially identical
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Judges: Roy Noble Lee, P.J., and Anderson and Griffin
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