Yale University v. Cigna Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• describing Beach as “interpret[ing] an analogous ensuing loss provision as ‘contemplating] coverage for a “collapse” that follows consequentially from excluded activity’ ”
• property insurance coverage is triggered by threshold concept of injury to insured property, frequently physical loss or damage
• property insurance coverage is triggered by threshold concept of injury to insured property, frequently physical loss or damage
• ‘‘the contamina- tion of [the insured’s] buildings by the presence of friable asbestos and non-intact lead-based paint’’ requiring removal and abatement constituted covered physical loss
• “under Connecticut law, the terms of an insurance policy are to be construed according to the general rules of contract construction. The determinative question is the intent of the parties ... as disclosed by the provisions of the policy.”
• building built with asbestos and lead products causing contamination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).