Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Simmonds

How courts have described this case

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

• rule that ambiguous terms in policy should be construed against insurer applies when language used is capable of two reasonable interpretations
• in an interpleader action, the insurance company’s tender of the policy limits did not relieve the company of its duty to defend the insured
• “We hold that tender of its policy limits did not relieve Nationwide of the obligation to defend its insured.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).