Garcia v. Federal Ins. Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• using Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 997 (10th ed. 1993) to define the phrase “with respect to”
• “We hold that the phrase . . . covers only an additional insured’s vicarious liability . . . .”
• “One looks to the dictionary for the plain and ordinary meaning of words.”
• “No Florida court has interpreted the precise language at issue. We have, however, considered similar language. . . . [And] [c]ourts from other jurisdictions have interpreted similar language to - 14 - arrive at the same result.”
• “Ambiguities in insurance contracts are interpreted against the insurer and in favor of the insured. To allow for such a construction, however, the provision must actually be ambiguous. A provision is not ambiguous simply because it is complex or requires analysis.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).