Severson v. Milwaukee Automobile Insurance

The defendant devotes several pages in its brief to the law relative to the construction of contracts and contends that the insurance policy should be construed in the light of the intention of the parties as ascertained from the entire policy. It then contends that it was not its intention that medical expenses be paid twice to any injured person.

The plaintiff states that there is no ambiguity in the policy but that the different coverages afforded by the policy are divisible and severable. The plaintiff quotes from 44 C. J. S., Insurance; p. 1284, sec. 336, as follows:

“A policy of insurance…