· 4/24/1992
Garneau v. Curtis & Bedell, Inc.
Citations
- 610 A.2d 132
- 158 Vt. 363
- 1992 Vt. LEXIS 65
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).
Judges: Gibson, Dooley, Morse, Johnson, Peck
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