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· 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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