William Thomas Hargis v. the State of Texas

How courts have described this case

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• providing that “an ambiguity is not created simply because a controversy exists between parties”
• insurance company that denied claim in good faith on basis of plausible interpretation of policy did not violate G.L. c. 93A
• “an ambiguity is not created simply because a controversy exists between parties, each favoring an interpretation contrary to the other”
• “words, which are clear by themselves, may become ambiguous when read in the context of an insurance policy”
• also stating that “Lumbermens went beyond a mere plausible interpretation of the policy and denied coverage based on a legally correct interpretation of the policy”
• “loss of money or property” -12- is necessary element of claim under § 11

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).