Legal Opinion
Indian Harbor Insurance v. F & M Equipment, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 15, 2015No. 14-1897PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROTH, Circuit Judge:
This case concerns the contractual meaning of the word “renewal.” F & M Equipment, Ltd., f/k/a Furnival Machinery Company and Indian Harbor Insurance Company agreed to a ten-year insurance policy that included a promise by Indian Harbor to offer a renewal. At the end of the ten years, Indian Harbor offered a “renewal” contract with substantially different terms to Furnival, which rejected it. Indian Harbor sought a declaratory judgment that its contract offer constituted a renewal and Furnival counterclaimed for breach of the original contract. The District Court…
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