JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Newton

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that as long as “the policy still provides coverage for some acts, it is not illusory simply because of a potentially wide exclusion”
• specifying that phrase “arising out of” incorporates “a greater range of causation than that encompassed by proximate cause under tort law” and “suggest[s] a causation more analogous to ‘but for’ causation”
• finding \arising out of\ to be unambiguous and to have a meaning \analogous to 'but for' causation\
• “Words in exclusionary clauses of insurance contracts should be construed in their usual and ordinary sense.”
• “phrase ‘arising out of’ must be read expansively, incorporating a greater range of causation than that encompassed by proximate cause under tort law”
• insurance policy that provides coverage for some acts not illusory because of potentially wide exclusion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).