Garneau v. Curtis & Bedell, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• resolving the question of the duty to defend on the language of the policy and the language of the complaint
• “The insurer has a duty to defend whenever it is clear that the claim against the insured might be of the type covered by the policy.”
• insurance policy is contract that must be interpreted according to its terms and the parties’ evident intent as gathered from language used
• “the insurer has a duty to defend whenever it is clear that the claim with the insured might be of the type covered by the policy”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Applied Bolting Technology Products, Inc. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1996-10-21· cited 41×
• Hardwick Recycling & Salvage, Inc. v. Acadia Insurance
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-12-17· cited 38×
• Bixler v. Bullard
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-02-09· cited 36×
• Co-Operative Insurance Companies v. Woodward
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2012-03-30· cited 28×
• Cooperative Fire Ins. Ass'n v. Bizon
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-03-28· cited 26×
• Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Ouellette
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1992-09-04· cited 26×
• Northern Security Insurance v. Hatch
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1996-08-09· cited 20×
• Concord General Mutual Insurance v. Woods
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2003-03-28· cited 17×
• R.L. Vallee, Inc. v. American International Specialty Lines Insurance
  D. Vermont· 2006-05-17· cited 16×
• Serecky v. National Grange Mutual Insurance
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-07-09· cited 14×
• City of Burlington v. Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-09-22· cited 13×
• Mailhiot v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-08-27· cited 13×
• Chamberlain v. Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2000-06-12· cited 12×
• Towns v. Vermont Mutual Insurance
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-01-26· cited 11×
• Allstate Insurance v. Vose
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-12-17· cited 11×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Co. v. Colby and Lamotte
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2013-09-13· cited 8×
• City of Burlington v. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
  D. Vermont· 1996-10-01· cited 8×
• Lunge v. National Casualty Co.
  D. Vermont· 1997-10-06· cited 8×
• Davis v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.
  D. Vermont· 1998-08-14· cited 7×
• Woodstock Resort Corp. v. Scottsdale Insurance
  D. Vermont· 1996-05-16· cited 5×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Weedo v. Stone-E-Brick, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1979-07-18· cited 429×
• Allstate Insurance v. Zuk
  New York Court of Appeals· 1991-06-06· cited 140×
• Indiana Insurance v. DeZutti
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1980-09-04· cited 72×
• Diamond Heights Homeowners Ass'n v. National American Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 1991-02-06· cited 67×
• Kelly v. Town of Barnard
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1990-10-19· cited 49×
• Commercial Union Insurance Co. of America v. Henshall
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1977-07-18· cited 29×
• Espinet v. Horvath
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-08-09· cited 27×
• Town of South Burlington v. American Fidelity Co.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1965-12-07· cited 23×
• Peerless Insurance v. Wells
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1990-06-29· cited 21×
• American Protection Insurance v. McMahan
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-05-05· cited 21×
• Heldor Inds. v. Atlantic Mut. Ins.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1988-12-13· cited 17×
• Cooperative Fire Insurance v. Gray
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-09-27· cited 14×
• Commercial U. Ins. Company v. City of Montpelier
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1976-02-04· cited 12×
• CO-OP FIRE INS. ASS'N OF VERMONT v. Gray
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-09-27· cited 11×