Court Opinion

ID: 6781115
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-21 00:56:16.593189+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:02:51.955930
License: Public Domain

Douglas, J.,
concurring. I concur with the judgment of the majority but only on a very limited basis. Clearly the insurance policy involved herein is a contract between the parties. This being so, general contract principles should apply. That is, absent a choice-of-law clause in the contract, the law of the jurisdiction where the contract was entered into prevails. However, in this case, as systemically pointed out by the majority, the parties seemed to alter, by their contract, that general principle. Having done so, both parties are bound by the law of *21ambiguity and, accordingly, the result in this case on these facts is correct. Absent these special provisions, my vote would be different from that of the majority.