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MADDOX v. COLONIAL LIFE & ACC. INS. CO.

No. 8030DC411.

271 S.E.2d 103 (1981)

Frances MADDOX v. COLONIAL LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 21, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holt, Haire & Bridgers by R. Phillip Haire, Sylva, for plaintiff-appellee.

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice by Allan R. Gitter and James M. Stanley, Jr., Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.

HARRY C. MARTIN, Judge.

This appeal requires us to construe the insurance contract in question. In so doing, any ambiguity arising from the policy must be resolved in favor of the insured and against the company that drafted the instrument. Trust Co. v. Insurance Co., 276 N.C. 348, 172 S.E.2d 518 (1970). An ambiguity arises in a policy when "in the opinion of the court, the language of the...

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