Globe Indemnity Co. v. Jordan

How courts have described this case

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

• exclusion clause can subtract from coverage granted elsewhere in the policy, but alone cannot establish coverage
• “The purpose of an umbrella policy is to protect the insured in the event of catastrophic circumstances when the insurer’s liability would exceed the limits of its underlying policy. It is designed to expand the amount, but not the scope of coverage”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).