Topic: a contract is ambiguous if it is reasonably susceptible of … · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 24 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Insurance Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. Allstate Insurance.

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1 Insurance Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. Allstate Insurance Anchor
pa · 2006
green “a contract is ambiguous if it is reasonably susceptible of different constructions and capable of being understood in more than one sense.” 11
2 Insurance Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. Allstate Insurance
pa · 2006
green “when the terms of a contract are clear and unambiguous, the intent of the parties is to be ascertained from the document itself.” 9
3 West v. Lincoln Benefit Life Co.
ca3 · 2007
green “an unclear, ambiguous provision will be construed against the insurer and in favor of the insured.” 4

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