· 10/6/1987
DiFabio v. Centaur Insurance
Citations
- 531 A.2d 1141
- 366 Pa. Super. 590
- 1987 Pa. Super. LEXIS 9358
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that ambiguous terms are subject to “more than one interpretation when applied to a particular set of facts”
- explaining that ambiguous terms are subject to \more than one interpretation when applied to a particular set of facts\
- in determining whether an insurance policy is ambiguous, “the court must assess the writing as a whole and not in discrete units”
- “The threshold determination of whether a writing is ‘ambiguous’ necessarily lies with the court.”
- contracts may not be interpreted in discrete units
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Montemuro, Kelly, Cercone
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