Insurance Co. of Illinois v. Markogiannakis

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]mbiguous provisions or equivocal expressions whereby an insurer seeks to limit its liability will be construed most strongly against the insurer and liberally in favor of the insured”
• in interpreting exception, court must look at activity that caused injury
• “[I]f an exclusionary clause is relied upon to deny cov- erage, its applicability must be clear and free from doubt at the time the insurer is requested to defend, because any doubts as to coverage will be resolved in the insured’s fa- vor.”
• “[I]f an exclusionary clause is relied upon to deny cov- erage, its applicability must be clear and free from doubt at the time the insurer is requested to defend, because any doubts as to coverage will be resolved in the insured’s fa- vor.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).