J & W FOODS CORP. v. State Farm Mut. Ins.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “in interpreting an insurance policy, the Court should look at the policy as a whole, consider all relevant portions together and, whenever possible, give operative effect to every provision in order to reach a reasonable overall result.”
• explaining that the court should consider the whole insurance policy, construing one clause in light of others
• remanding to determine the intent of stock- See LEE R. RUSS, COUCH ON INSURANCE § holders of close corporation as to whether they 21:11 (3d ed. 1995
• “If this Court finds an insurance policy ambiguous, we must necessarily find in favor of coverage.”
• “Mississippi law also recognizes the general rule that provisions of an insurance contract are to be construed strongly against the drafter.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).