State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

American Automobile Insurance v. Seaboard Surety Co.

Decided November 13, 1957. Allen W. Ashburn wrote the opinion for the court.

155 Cal. App. 2d 192 · Cited 72 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Air Transport Manufacturing Co. v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. · 91 Cal. App. 2d 129
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. v. Palatine Ins. Co. · 88 P. 907
Continental Casualty Co. v. Phoenix Construction Co. · 46 Cal. 2d 423
Estate of Platt · 21 Cal. 2d 343
Desny v. Wilder · 299 P.2d 257
Panopulos v. Maderis · 47 Cal. 2d 337
Standard Accident Insurance v. Pellecchia · 104 A.2d 288
Basin Oil Co. v. Baash-Ross Tool Co. · 125 Cal. App. 2d 578
Offer v. Superior Court · 228 P. 11
Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Fireman'S Fund Indemnity Co. · 38 Cal. App. 2d 1
Employers Liability Assurance Corp. v. Pacific Employers Insurance · 227 P.2d 53
Consolidated Freightways, Inc. v. Moore · 229 P.2d 882
Sproul v. Cuddy · 131 Cal. App. 2d 85
City of Oakland v. Oakland Unified School District · 141 Cal. App. 2d 733
Beale v. Joseph Magnin Co. · 139 Cal. App. 2d 742
Guy F. Atkinson Co. v. Merritt, Chapman, & Scott Corp. · 126 F. Supp. 406
Traders Etc. Ins. Co. v. Pac. Emp. Ins. Co. · 278 P.2d 493

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Colby v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 220 Cal. App. 2d 38
Firemen's Insurance v. Continental Casualty Co. · 170 Cal. App. 2d 698
Bernson v. Bowman · 182 Cal. App. 2d 697
Housing Group v. Gerling America Ins. Co., Inc. · 107 F. Supp. 2d 1185
Ward v. Taggart · 51 Cal. 2d 736
Shell Oil Co. v. Winterthur Swiss Insurance · 12 Cal. App. 4th 715
Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance v. USF Insurance · 164 Wash. 2d 411
Anderson & Nafziger v. G. T. Newcomb, Inc. · 595 P.2d 709
NATIONAL AMERICAN INS. v. Ins. Co. of N. America · 74 Cal. App. 3d 565
United Pacific Insurance v. Hanover Insurance · 217 Cal. App. 3d 925
Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corp. v. Firstgroup America, Inc. · 271 P.3d 850
Meyer Koulish Co. v. Cannon · 213 Cal. App. 2d 419
Crowley Maritime Corp. v. Boston Old Colony Ins. · 158 Cal. App. 4th 1061
Yeng Sue Chow v. Levi Strauss & Co. · 49 Cal. App. 3d 315
McConnell v. Underwriters at Lloyds · 365 P.2d 418
Donahue Construction Co. v. Transport Indemnity Co. · 7 Cal. App. 3d 291
Century Surety Co. v. United Pacific Insurance · 135 Cal. Rptr. 2d 879
Herrick Corp. v. Canadian Ins. Co. of Cal. · 29 Cal. App. 4th 753
Allstate Insurance v. Orlando · 262 Cal. App. 2d 858
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Cooperative of American Physicians, Inc. · 163 Cal. App. 3d 199
CSE Ins. Group v. Northbrook Property & Cas. Co. · 23 Cal. App. 4th 1839
Maryland Casualty Co. v. National American Insurance · 48 Cal. App. 4th 1822

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