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· 5/24/1977

Elliott Leases Cars, Inc. v. Quigley

Citations

  • 373 A.2d 810
  • 118 R.I. 321
  • 1977 R.I. LEXIS 1463

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 “ordinary reader, in the face of such detail, would be warranted in concluding that any significant limitation on collision insurance would have been explicitly noted”
  • noting that this Court has “in the past characterized [insurance contracts] as contracts of adhesion” and stating that “[i]t is well-established that ambiguities [in an insurance contract] will be construed so as to bear most heavily against the insurer”
  • noting that this Court has “in the past characterized [insurance contracts] as contracts of adhesion” and stating that “[i]t is well-established that ambiguities [in an insurance contract] will be construed so as to bear most heavily against the insurer”

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Judges: Bevilacqua, Paolino, Joslin, Kelleher, Doris

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