Hionis v. Northern Mutual Insurance

How courts have described this case

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• insurer failed to offer proof of insured’s awareness and understanding of policy exclusions; therefore, policy construed in favor of insured
• where insured relied on companies' agents to obtain desired coverage and companies offered no proof that insured was aware of and understood policy exclusions, policies must be construed in favor of the insured
• insurer must prove that the insured had awareness and understanding of exclusions

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