State Court of Appeals / Ind. Ct. App.

American States Insurance v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.

Decided August 21, 1978. Robert Howard Staton wrote the opinion for the court.

379 N.E.2d 510 · Cited 52 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.

Waterman Steamship Corporation v. Snow · 222 F. Supp. 892
Ely v. State Farm Ins. · 268 N.E.2d 316
Central Bearings Co. v. Wolverine Insurance Company · 179 N.W.2d 443
Insurance Co. of North America v. Electronic Purification Co. · 433 P.2d 174
Smedley Co. v. Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Co. of Wisconsin · 143 Conn. 510
Cobbins v. General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. · 290 N.E.2d 873
Utica Mutual Insurance v. Ueding · 370 N.E.2d 373
Cravens, Dargan & Co. v. Pacific Indemnity Co. · 29 Cal. App. 3d 594
Parma Seed, Inc. v. General Insurance Co. of America · 496 P.2d 281
Atkins v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. · 151 N.W.2d 846
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Arkansas, Inc. v. Lyon · 528 S.W.2d 932
Leakakos Construction Co. v. American Surety Co. of New York · 291 N.E.2d 176
Ronald Bouchard, Inc. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. · 343 N.E.2d 372
Aetna Casualty & Surety Company v. Ammons · 186 S.E.2d 495
Oceanonics, Inc. v. Petroleum Distributing Company · 292 So. 2d 190
Taylor v. American Underwriters, Inc. · 352 N.E.2d 86
Haugen v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co. of Lansing · 191 N.W.2d 274
All-Star Insurance Corp. v. Steel Bar, Inc. · 324 F. Supp. 160
Henning v. Neisz · 268 N.E.2d 310
Roberts v. P. & J. Boat Service, Inc. · 357 F. Supp. 729
Gehrlein Tire Co. v. American Employers Insurance Co. · 243 F. Supp. 577

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American Economy Insurance v. Liggett · 426 N.E.2d 136
Transamerica Insurance Services v. Kopko · 570 N.E.2d 1283
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Newnam Manufacturing, Inc. v. Transcontinental Insurance Co. · 871 N.E.2d 396
Monroe Guaranty Insurance Co. v. Campos · 582 N.E.2d 865
Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 338 S.C. 43
Indiana Insurance Co. v. Williams · 448 N.E.2d 1233
Redar v. Allstate Insurance Co. · 497 N.E.2d 566
American Family Mutual Insurance v. Bower · 752 F. Supp. 2d 957
Drake Insurance Co. of New York v. Carroll County Sheriff's Department · 427 N.E.2d 1153
Eli Lilly and Co. v. Zurich American Ins. Co. · 405 F. Supp. 2d 948
Transamerica Insurance Services v. Kopko · 559 N.E.2d 322
LAIDLAW ENV. SERV. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. · 524 S.E.2d 847
Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance v. Stapleton · 556 F. Supp. 228
Cincinnati Insurance v. Mallon · 409 N.E.2d 1100
Stockberger v. Meridian Mutual Insurance · 395 N.E.2d 1272
Hastings Mutual Insurance Co. v. Webb · 659 N.E.2d 1049

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