Oakley Transport, Inc. v. Zurich Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “an insurance policy is not to be interpreted in a factual vacuum and without regard to the purpose for which the insurance was written”
• describing the parties’ insurance policy as a commercial general li‐ ability policy and explaining that “[s]tandard commercial liability policies are issued to cover all hazards incident to the operation of a business with the exception of certain excluded risks”
• although “arising out of” policy language has been held to be broad and vague, it is not ambiguous
• although “arising out of” policy language has been held to be broad and vague, it is not ambiguous
• The duty to defend “is to be determined at the time the insured makes a tender of defense.”
• “[A]n insurance policy is not to be interpreted in a factual vacuum and without regard to the purpose for which the insurance was written.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).