LITIGATING THE MEANING OF CONTRACT LANGUAGE? CONSIDER RETAINING AN EXPERT – PART I
May 31, 2016
(Editor’s Note: This is part one in a two-part series that explains how to reduce the chances of the confusion that results when a judge or litigator without a grounding in the subject analyzes ostensibly ambiguous contract language.)
One source of fights between parties to a contract is ambiguity. Does a particular provision allow for alternative meanings? If so, which should prevail, if any?