Crum & Forster Managers Corp. v. Resolution Trust Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an insurer has a duty to indemnify only if the facts alleged against the insured actually fall within the insurance policy’s coverage
• explaining that courts must consider the “subject matter that is insured and the purposes of the entire contract”
• finding that identical policy language gave rise to no such obligation
• “[T]he primary function of the court is to ascertain and enforce the intentions of the parties as expressed in the agreement.”
• in determining liability under professional liability policies, courts do not rely upon ancillary allegations but consider the genesis from which the claims arose
• “The duty to indemnify arises only if the facts alleged actually fall within coverage.” (Emphasis in original.)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).