Frank A. Galli, Una G. Galli, John D. Yeager, Elizabeth M. Yeager v. James T. Metz, Jr., Kathleen M. Metz

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• noting that under New York law, \an interpretation that gives a reasonable and effective meaning to all terms of a contract is generally preferred to one that leaves a part unreasonable or of no effect\ (emphasis added) (internal quotation marks omitted)
• adopting a party’s interpretation because it “best accords with the remainder of the contract because it does not make [certain] paragraphs ... superfluous”
• noting that “[u]nder New York law, an interpretation of a contract that has the effect of rendering at least one clause superfluous or meaningless . . . is not preferred and will be 12 avoided if possible” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• \Under New York law an interpretation of a contract that has the effect of rendering at least one clause superfluous or meaningless ... is not preferred and will be avoided if possible.\
• “[A]n interpretation that gives a reasonable and effective meaning to all terms of a contract is generally preferred to one that leaves a part unreasonable or of no effect.
• “[W]hen interpreting [a] contract [the court] must consider the entire contract and choose the interpretation [of the clause,] ‘which best accords with the sense of the remainder of the contract.’”

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