State v. Glens Falls Insurance Company, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that the duty of the insurer to defend is broader than the obligation to respond in damages
• “The duty of an insurer to enter and defend a case on behalf of its insured is broader than its obligation to respond in damages.”
• “(t)he duty of an insurer to enter and defend a case on behalf of its insured is broader than its obligations to respond in damages”
• where interpretation urged would encompass risk neither contemplated by type of policy nor intended to be undertaken by carrier, carrier is entitled to fair construction that reflects understanding of parties
• disappearance of colored slides not “physical injury to or destruction of tangible property”
• “Where the interpretation urged is not only strained, but would encompass a risk not contemplated by the kind of policy issued nor intended to be undertaken by the company, the insurer is entitled to that fair construction which reflects the understanding of the parties.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).