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· 6/26/1984

Maryland Casualty Co. v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.

Citations

  • 466 N.E.2d 1091
  • 126 Ill. App. 3d 150
  • 81 Ill. Dec. 289
  • 1984 Ill. App. LEXIS 2116

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the duty to defend is required of insurer when phrase “arising out of ownership, maintenance or use of designated properties” is found broad and vague; thus, liberal construction results in “but for” causation analysis
  • “any ambiguities arising when several provisions of the policy are read together will be construed in favor of the insured”

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Judges: Hartman

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