Allen v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Decided March 29, 1965. Nathan L. Jacobs wrote the opinion for the court.

208 A.2d 638 · Cited 170 times

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• Ransom v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance · 43 Cal. 2d 420
• Steven v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. · 377 P.2d 284
• Simpson v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America · 177 A.2d 417
• Wadsworth v. New York Life Insurance · 84 N.W.2d 513
• Wood v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company · 193 F. Supp. 371
• Duncan v. John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. · 31 N.E.2d 88
• Adolf v. Union National Life Insurance Company · 101 N.W.2d 504
• Smiley v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America · 32 N.W.2d 48
• Bleam v. Sterling Insurance · 103 N.W.2d 466
• Cheek v. Pilot Life Insurance · 1 S.E.2d 115
• Weber v. Cole · 35 N.W.2d 396
• VanKoevering v. Manufacturers Life Insurance Company · 234 F. Supp. 786

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• Progressive Casualty Insurance v. Robert Mathew Hurley & Devil Eleven, Inc. · 765 A.2d 195
• Grandpre v. Northwestern Insurance Life Insurance Co. · 261 N.W.2d 804
• Pizzullo v. New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance · 952 A.2d 1077
• Sparks v. St. Paul Insurance · 495 A.2d 406
• Gibson v. Callaghan · 730 A.2d 1278
• Meier v. New Jersey Life Insurance · 503 A.2d 862
• American Casualty Co. v. Resolution Trust Corp. · 839 F. Supp. 282
• Villa v. Short · 947 A.2d 1217
• Jones v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company · 289 F. Supp. 930
• Sears Mortgage Corp. v. Rose · 634 A.2d 74
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Marsh · 15 Ohio St. 3d 107
• Tonkovic v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 521 A.2d 920
• C & J Fertilizer, Inc. v. Allied Mutual Insurance Co. · 227 N.W.2d 169
• Rodman v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 208 N.W.2d 903
• Oritani Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. · 744 F. Supp. 1311
• Davis v. M.L.G. Corp. · 712 P.2d 985
• Nav-Its, Inc. v. Selective Insurance Co. of America · 869 A.2d 929
• Bell v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. · 207 S.E.2d 147
• Bell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 157 W. Va. 623
• Simses v. North American Co. for Life & Health Insurance · 175 Conn. 77
• Toevs v. Western Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co. · 483 P.2d 682
• Barth v. Coleman · 878 P.2d 319

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