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Insurance

May 16, 2006

Extrinsic Evidence Frees Courts From Vacuum of Policy's Words

Focus Column - By Kirk A. Pasich - In 1990, the California Supreme Court rendered its decision in AIU Insurance Company v. Superior Court, 51 Cal. 3d 807 (1990). AIU was viewed by many involved in insurance coverage disputes as restating, and confirming, that time-honored rules governing interpretation of "ordinary" contracts also apply to the interpretation of insurance policies.

Focus Column

By Kirk A. Pasich
     
      In 1990, the California Supreme Court rendered its decision in AIU Insurance Company v. Superior Court, 51 Cal. 3d 807 (1990). AIU was viewed by many involved in insurance coverage disputes as restating, and confirming, that time-honored rules governing interpretation of "ordinary" contracts also apply to the interpretation of insurance polic...

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