City of Boston v. Capen

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that commercial general liability insurance policy exclusion was ambiguous and construing in favor of the insured
• explaining that “[w]e interpret the terms of the policy from the perspective of an ordinary purchaser of insurance”
• finding that commercial general liability insurance policy exclusion was ambiguous and construing in favor of the insured
• “If there is more than one plausible interpretation, we examine the word or phrase in the context in which it is used in the policy and the broader context of the policy as a whole.”
• “[T]he duty to indemnify is triggered when the findings made by the trier of fact as to what actually occurred fall within the scope of coverage and are not subject to any exclusion in the policy.”
• “[T]he duty to indemnify is triggered when the findings made by the trier of fact as to what actually occurred fall within the scope of coverage and are not subject to any exclusion in the policy.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).