Zurich American Insurance v. ABM Industries, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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11 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “an ambiguity exists where the terms of an insurance contract could suggest more than one meaning when viewed objectively by a reasonably intelligent person who has examined the context of the entire integrated agreement and who is cognizant of the customs, practices, usages and terminology as generally understood in the particular trade or business.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 489 F. Supp. 2d 326 - Retail Brand Alliance, Inc. v. Factory Mutual Insurance

2. “[t]he outer reaches of an interest that can be insured clearly encompass an indirect economic interest in the property. Such an interest can be insured, if, as is the case here, it falls within the definitional boundaries set by the insurance policy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Citigroup, Inc. v. Industrial Risk Insurers

3. “statutorily define[d] ... to include 'any lawful and substantial economic interest in the safety or preservation of property from loss, destruction or pecuniary damage.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Fabrique Innovations, Inc. v. Fed. Ins. Co.