Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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

• considering, but ultimately rejecting, ar- gument that intermediate appellate court case law conflicted 12 with case law from the state’s highest court
• “Put differently, if the agent has no liability, there is nothing to impute to the principal.”
• “[W]hat the parties know or believe the alleged facts to be, the outcome of the underlying case, or the merits of the claim” is of no matter in determining the duty to defend
• language of the additional insured section gave additional insured status “only with respect to [the additional insured’s] liability for ‘bodily injury’ … which may be imputed to that person or organization directly arising out of [named insured’s] acts or omissions.”
• addressing Rule 36 admissions, including which parties they bind
• “Such alternate pleading is both permitted and routine.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).