Skidmore v. Throgmorton

How courts have described this case

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

• an ambiguity in a specific provision of a policy cannot be cured by an antistacking clause in a general section of the policy
• an ambiguity in a specific provision of a policy cannot be cured by an antistacking clause in a general section of the policy
• “the injured party is a necessary party to the suit” concerning coverage “because he or she has a substantial right in the insurance policy’s viability”
• “an insurer and its insured cannot agree to policy interpretations with the intent to keep an injured party from recovering”
• found that an injured passenger was “allowed to directly sue” insurance company to ascertain the coverage of a driver’s policy
• “The injured party’s rights come into existence at the moment of the accident.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).