EMPLOYERS REINSURANCE CO. v. Superior Court

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that evidence of performance is relevant to ascertain the meaning of the parties' agreement
• noting that extrinsic evidence such as “course of performance” evidence can be offered “to expose a latent ambiguity” in a contract term but only “when relevant to prove a meaning to which the language of the instrument is reasonably susceptible”
• considering language and extrinsic evidence to determine the meaning of a contract capable of two or more constructions
• considering language and extrinsic evidence to determine the meaning of a contract capable of two or more constructions
• in interpreting an insurance contract, the Court of Appeal 4 “consider[s] the contract as a whole and interpret[s] the language in context, rather than 5 interpret[ing] a provision in isolation”
• “We interpret words in accordance with their ordinary and popular sense, unless the words are used in a technical sense or a special meaning is givpn to them by usage.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).