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Petitions for Discretionary Review

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jan 1, 1989
324 N.C. 342 (N.C. 1989)

Summary

holding that “an insurance contract should be construed as a reasonable person in the position of the insured would have understood it [and that if] the language used in the policy is reasonably susceptible to different constructions, it must be given the construction most favorable to the insured”

Summary of this case from Tovar-Mauricio v. T.R. Driscoll, Inc.

Opinion

1989


Summaries of

Petitions for Discretionary Review

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jan 1, 1989
324 N.C. 342 (N.C. 1989)

holding that “an insurance contract should be construed as a reasonable person in the position of the insured would have understood it [and that if] the language used in the policy is reasonably susceptible to different constructions, it must be given the construction most favorable to the insured”

Summary of this case from Tovar-Mauricio v. T.R. Driscoll, Inc.
Case details for

Petitions for Discretionary Review

Case Details

Full title:PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Jan 1, 1989

Citations

324 N.C. 342 (N.C. 1989)

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