WALSH v. UNITED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

No. 368.

144 S.E.2d 817 (1965)

265 N.C. 634

Joe Ervin WALSH v. UNITED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 24, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted G. West, Lenoir, Marvin Wooten, Hickory, for plaintiff appellee.

Townsend & Todd, by James R. Todd, Jr., Lenoir, for defendant appellant.


HIGGINS, Justice.

In construing insurance contracts the courts generally take into account the fact that the contracts are carefully drawn by lawyers representing the insurance companies and the coverage is sold by skillful agents to individuals who are unfamiliar with the niceties of insurance law. By reason of the position of the parties, the courts construe the contracts most strongly against the insurer and most liberally in favor of the insured. Gould Morris...

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