Mercado Ex Rel. Laufer v. Mitchell

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that third party \must show that the contract was entered into by the parties directly and primarily for his benefit\
• stating that third party “must show that the contract was entered into by the parties directly and primarily for his benefit”
• because city ordinance required carnival owners to carry liability insurance, member of public could sue insurance agents for alleged failure to procure sufficient insurance
• suit permitted where plaintiffs were citizens of Milwaukee which had ordinance requiring liability insurance for roller coaster ride
• “[W]hen ambiguous language appears in an insurance contract, we must construe the ambiguity in favor of the insured and against the insurance company that drafted the ambiguous language.”
• “In the absence of express provisions in the policy or statutory provisions which can be read into the policy, a standard liability policy does not make the injured party a third-party beneficiary.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).