Farmers Insurance Exchange v. RNK, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that under Massachusetts law the plain language of an agreement “is presumed to express the intent of the parties”
• recognizing that “[n]ot only must due weight be accorded to the immediate context, but no part of the contract is to be disregarded” (quoting Starr v. Fordham, 420 Mass. 178, 191 (1995)); Baybank Middlesex v. 1200 Beacon Properties, Inc., 760 F. Supp. 957, 963 (D. Mass. 1991
• cautioning that no part of the contract is to be disregarded
• “In interpreting contractual language, we consider the contract as a whole. Its meaning cannot be delineated by isolating words [here, “any other”] and interpreting them as though they stood alone.”
• “In other words, under [the hold harmless agreement], Ripple agreed to indemnify RNK…”
• “no part of the contract is to be disregarded”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).