Gilbert Texas Construction, L.P. v. Underwriters at Lloyd's London

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a party \assumed liability\ under a contract when it undertook obligations beyond those imposed by \general law\
• holding that a party “assumed liability” under a contract when it undertook obligations beyond those imposed by “general law”
• holding that a party “assumed liability” under a contract when it undertook obligations beyond those imposed by “general law”
• holding that a party “assumed liability” under a contract when it undertook obligations beyond those imposed by “general law”
• recognizing that prevailing party’s complaint was not waived, despite not raising it in its appellate briefing, and could be raised for the first time in a motion for rehearing or a petition for review
• explaining that “we look at the language of the policy because we presume parties intend what the words of their contract say”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).