Weitz Co., LLC v. Mid-Century Ins. Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding construction defect liability was not covered under additional-insured endorsement because it arose out of subcontractor’s completed operations
• noting that “the use of different terms in [a contract] signals that those terms should be afforded different meanings”
• noting that \[d]ictionaries may be used to assist in the determination of the plain and ordinary meaning of words\ and quoting extensively from several editions of Webster's Dictionary
• interpreting an additional-insured endorsement based on a subcontractor's promise to insure the general contractor
• “Dictionaries may be used to assis t in the determination of the plain and ordinary meaning of wor ds.”
• “Dictionaries may be used to assist in the determination of the plain and ordinary meaning of words.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).