Haworth v. Jantzen

KAUGER, J.,

¶ 1 The dispositive issue presented on cer-tiorari is whether the trial court properly granted summary judgment when it determined that because certain insurance policy exclusions were ambiguous as matter of law, the contract must be construed against the insurer to provide coverage. The Court of Civil Appeals determined that the policy exclusions were unambiguous and did not provide coverage. We hold that because the policy terms are ambiguous, the insurance contract was properly construed against the insurer and we remand the cause to the Court of Civil Appeals to address the…