Chubb Custom Insurance v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

How courts have described this case

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

• stating an ambiguity exists when the contractual terms \are susceptible to at least two reasonable alternative interpretations\
• “In attempting to discern the meaning of a provision in an insurance contract, the plain language is ordinarily the most direct route.”
• “If the terms of the contract are susceptible to at least two reasonable alternative interpretations, an ambiguity exists.”
• “[C]ourts frequently look to how other courts have interpreted the same or similar language in standardized contracts to determine what the parties intended, especially where rules in aid of interpretation fail to offer a clear result.”
• “If the terms of the contract are susceptible to at least two reasonable alternative interpretations, an ambiguity exists. In that case, a court may look to extrinsic evidence as an aid to interpretation.”
• “In attempting to discern the meaning of a provision in an insurance contract, the plain language is ordinarily the most direct route.” (citing Zacarias v. Allstate Ins. Co., 775 A.2d 1262 (N.J. 2001))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).