Sims v. Mulhearn Funeral Home, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “Courts lack the authority to alter the terms of insurance contracts under the guise of contractual interpretation when the policy’s provisions are couched in unambiguous terms.”
• further observing that for strict construction to apply, an ambiguous provision must be susceptible to two or more reasonable alternative interpretations
• “The determination of whether a contract is clear or ambiguous is a question of law.”
• “[a]n instance of asking for something, esp[ecially] in a polite or formal manner; a petition or expression of wish; a document expressing such a wish; (also

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