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· 10/30/1991

Gerrish Corporation, Doing Business as Gerrish Motors, Doing Business as Scrub-A-Dub v. Universal Underwriters Insurance Company

Citations

  • 947 F.2d 1023
  • 22 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20241
  • 34 ERC (BNA) 1464
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 26437

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that “absent fraud or misrepresentation, [a contracting party] is bound by the terms of the [contract], and cannot thereafter complain that he did not read or know the terms.”
  • “[W]hen the insurer issues a policy and accepts payment for insurance coverage under that policy, the insurer agrees to assume the risks enunciated in the policy.”
  • under Vermont law, insurance policy exclusions are to be strictly and narrowly construed
  • pollution in stream and groundwater clearly represent actual damage to property
  • under Vermont law, insurance policy exclusions are to be strictly and narrowly construed

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Judges: Van Graafeiland, Meskill, McLaughlin

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