Matthews v. Penn-America Ins. Co.

How courts have described this case

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• interpreting the undefined term “family,” and cautioning against using 13 “all the possible dictionary definitions” that would render the language of the policy 14 redundant
• finding specific references to spouse, ward or foster child strongly point to the traditional family definition — those connected by blood or law and holding policy only provides coverage for those related to the policy holder by blood, affinity or law
• finding specific references to spouse, ward or foster child strongly point to the traditional family definition — those connected by blood or law and holding policy only provides coverage for those related to the policy holder by blood, affinity or law

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