Usx Corporation v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Usx Corporation v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

How courts have described this case

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

• determining that a “bad faith claim necessarily fails in light of our determination that [the insurer] correctly concluded that there was no potential coverage under the policy”
• granting “summary judgment in favor of Liberty Mutual on [bad faith] claim because USX’s bad faith claim necessarily fails in light of [the court’s] determination that Liberty Mutual correctly concluded that there was no potential coverage under the policy”
• “Pennsylvania courts long have admonished that ‘contract terms will not be construed in such a manner so as to render them meaningless,’ and we decline to do so here.” (citation omitted)
• “[I]n Pennsylvania, and no doubt elsewhere, ‘[c]lear policy language ... is to be given effect, and courts should not torture the language to create ambiguities but should read the policy provisions to avoid it.’”
• “[I]n Pennsylvania, and no doubt elsewhere, ‘[c]lear policy language . . . is to be given effect, and courts should not torture the language to create ambiguities but should read the policy provisions to avoid it.’”
• asbestos-related injury not “bodily injury by accident” under policy language

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).