Laurendeau v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• \The majority rule is that an insured cannot use the waiver or estoppel doctrines to broaden coverage under the policy.\
• “A waiver may avoid a forfeiture but may not extend the insurance beyond the terms of the policy.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).