What is the test for "plain meaning" under the plain meaning rule?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Baltazar v. Forever 21, Inc., B237173 (Cal. App. 2012):
"We interpret the Agreement . . . in light of [its] plain meaning. . . . Under the plain meaning rule, courts give the words of the contract . . . their usual and ordinary meaning. . . . '[W]e interpret the words in their ordinary sense, according to the plain meaning a layperson would attach to them.'" (Valencia v. Smyth (2010) 185 Cal.App.4th 153, 162, citations omitted.)
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