Chipokas v. Travelers Indemnity Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• refusing to enforce insured's expectations because a layperson would understand disputed exclusion and insurer did not create expectation of coverage
• refusing to enforce insured’s expectations because a layperson would understand disputed exclusion and insurer did not create expectation of coverage
• “In deciding whether an insurer has a duty to defend, the first query is into plaintiffs pleadings to see if the pleadings state facts which bring the claim within the liability covered by the policy.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).