HSBC Bank USA, National Association v. Bradley

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that contract provisions should not be read in isolation, and the courts should look to the provision in context of the entire contract
• stating that “in addition to the actual language of a lease or insurance policy, courts engaged in a case-by-case analysis may also examine any other admissible evidence shedding light on the expectations of the parties” (quotations omitted)
• discussing an insurer’s right to pursue an equitable subrogation claim against an insured’s negligent tenant
• “[P]rovisions of a lease should never be interpreted in isolation, but rather in the context of the entire agreement.” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• “[L]eases are contracts to which we apply general principles of contract construction.”
• remanding to the district court to apply the clarified framework

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).