· 4/25/1980
Ryan v. MFA Mutual Insurance Co.
Citations
- 610 S.W.2d 428
- 1980 Tenn. App. LEXIS 392
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- insurer is bound by the language it unilaterally drafted into the insurance contract
- “Where ambiguous, the language of an insurance contract is always construed most strongly against the insurance company which drafts it; an insurance contract should be read to accord with the reasonable expectations of a purchaser so far as the language permits.”
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Judges: Drowota, Todd, Lewis
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