American Home Products Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

Decided August 29, 1983. Abraham David Sofaer wrote the opinion for the court.

565 F. Supp. 1485 · Cited 122 times

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Precedents cited

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.

• Breed v. Insurance Co. of North America · 46 N.Y.2d 351
• Ruhlin v. New York Life Insurance · 304 U.S. 202
• Thomas J. Lipton, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 34 N.Y.2d 356
• Lionel Freedman, Inc. v. Glens Falls Insurance · 27 N.Y.2d 364
• Greaves v. Public Service Mutual Insurance · 5 N.Y.2d 120
• In re the Arbitration between Vanguard Insurance & Polchlopek · 18 N.Y.2d 376
• Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 523 F. Supp. 110
• Bronx Savings Bank v. Weigandt · 1 N.Y.2d 545
• Insurance Co. v. Dutcher · 95 U.S. 269
• Goldberg v. Lumber Mutual Casualty Insurance · 77 N.E.2d 131
• Silverstein v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 171 N.E. 914
• Lachs v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. · 306 N.Y. 357
• Insurance Co. of North America v. Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc. · 451 F. Supp. 1230
• Webster's Red Seal Publications, Inc. v. Gilberton World-Wide Publications, Inc. · 67 A.D.2d 339
• Murray Oil Products, Inc. v. Royal Exchange Assurance Co. · 21 N.Y.2d 440
• Green v. Travelers Insurance · 36 N.E.2d 620
• Snapp v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 206 Cal. App. 2d 827
• Theatre Guild Productions, Inc. v. Insurance Corp. · 25 A.D.2d 109
• Metpath, Inc. v. Birmingham Fire Insurance · 86 A.D.2d 407
• Emons Industries, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance · 481 F. Supp. 1022
• Harman v. American Casualty Co. of Reading, Pa. · 155 F. Supp. 612
• Wetherill v. University of Chicago · 548 F. Supp. 66
• Patterson v. Proctor Paint & Varnish Co. · 21 N.Y.2d 447
• Schering Corp. v. Home Insurance · 544 F. Supp. 613
• Coppotelli v. Insurance Co. of North America · 484 F. Supp. 1327

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• United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Treadwell Corp. · 58 F. Supp. 2d 77
• Sentinel Insurance Co. v. First Insurance Co. of Hawai'i, Ltd. · 875 P.2d 894
• Olin Corp. v. Insurance Co. of North America · 603 F. Supp. 445
• Hoechst Celanese Corp. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London · 673 A.2d 164
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc. · 636 F. Supp. 546
• SCSC Corp. v. Allied Mutual Insurance Co. · 515 N.W.2d 588
• Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. United Insurance · 650 A.2d 974
• Endicott Johnson Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 928 F. Supp. 176
• Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Black & Decker Corp. · 383 F. Supp. 2d 200
• Nipkow & Kobelt, Inc. v. North River Insurance · 633 F. Supp. 437
• Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Admiral Insurance · 897 P.2d 1
• Armstrong World Industries, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 45 Cal. App. 4th 1
• Independent Petrochemical Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 654 F. Supp. 1334
• Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Utica Mutual Ins. Co. · 802 A.2d 1070
• In re the Liquidation of Midland Insurance · 269 A.D.2d 50
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Employers Insurance · 60 A.D.3d 128
• Alfin, Inc. v. Pacific Insurance · 735 F. Supp. 115
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Rapid-American Corp. · 177 A.D.2d 61
• Great Northern Insurance v. Dayco Corp. · 620 F. Supp. 346
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Credit Bancorp, Ltd. · 147 F. Supp. 2d 238
• Vam Check Cashing Corp. v. Federal Insurance · 787 F. Supp. 2d 264
• Eli Lilly and Co. v. Home Ins. Co. · 653 F. Supp. 1
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Rapid-American Corp. · 80 N.Y.2d 640

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