· 3/10/1989
M.H. Lipiner & Son, Inc. v. The Hanover Insurance Company
Citations
- 869 F.2d 685
- 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 3223
- 1989 WL 21524
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that under an all-risk policy, “[o]nce the insured shows that a loss has occurred, the insurer shoulders the burden of demonstrating that the loss claimed is excluded expressly from coverage under the policy terms”
- any “ambiguous words or phrases in an insurance policy [ought to be] construed against the insurance company and in favor of coverage.”
- granting summary judgment where policy excluded insured’s claim for indemnity
- same; applying New York law
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Judges: Kaufman, Winter, Miner
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