Von Steen v. City of Beatrice

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that \insurance contracts must be construed in accordance with the same rules as other written contracts\
• noting that the Ohio Supreme Court “has consistently held that insurance contracts must be construed in accordance with the same rules as other written contracts”
• stating that courts may not rewrite a contract “when the intent of the parties is evident, i.e., if the language of the policy’s provisions is clear and unambiguous . . . .”
• upholding insurance policy provision excluding from coverage claims arising out of the release of pollutants unless that release was “sudden and accidental”
• “unless ‘sudden’ is interpreted to have a temporal aspect, the word does not add anything to the phrase ‘sudden and accidental’ ”
• “The inclusion of the word ‘sudden’ readily indicates that the exception was not intended to apply to a release that occurred over an extended time.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).