Mayo v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “The strict construction principle applies only if the ambiguous policy provision is susceptible to two or more reasonable interpretations . . . .”
• “Ambiguous policy provisions are generally construed against the insurer and in favor of coverage. Under this rule of strict construction, equivocal provisions seeking to narrow an insurer’s obligation are strictly construed against the insurer.” (citation omitted)
• “The rules of construction do not authorize a perversion of the words or the exercise of inventive powers to create an ambiguity where none exists or the making of a new contract when the terms express with sufficient clarity the parties’ intent.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).