Progressive County Mutual Insurance Co. v. Kelley

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• holding whether contract is ambiguous is question of law to be decided by court
• considering extrinsic evidence in interpreting an insurance agreement due to a latent ambiguity as to the intent of the parties
• reversing summary judgment due to there being an ambiguity in the contract even though neither party had argued the contract was ambiguous
• holding a contract ambiguous despite neither party arguing ambiguity
• the reviewing court must affirm summary judgment if any ground for granting judgment is meritorious, even if the trial court’s order does not specify the grounds relied upon
• existence of two policy numbers on two separate documents considered along with the insurance company's policy-issuance guidelines gave rise to an ambiguity about whether the insured had one or two insurance policies for purposes of exhausting policy limits

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