State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Austero v. National Casualty Co. of Detroit

Decided August 18, 1978. Franklin D. McDaniel wrote the opinion for the court.

84 Cal. App. 3d 1 · Cited 95 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.

Johansen v. California State Automobile Ass'n Inter-Insurance Bureau · 538 P.2d 744
Erreca v. Western States Life Insurance · 19 Cal. 2d 388
Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance · 510 P.2d 1032
Crisci v. Security Insurance · 66 Cal. 2d 425
Silberg v. California Life Insurance · 521 P.2d 1103
Neal v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 582 P.2d 980
Comunale v. Traders & General Insurance · 50 Cal. 2d 654
Bareno v. Employers Life Insurance · 500 P.2d 889
Northwestern Mut. Ins. Co. v. Farmers Ins. Group · 76 Cal. App. 3d 1031
Frenzer v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Ass'n · 27 Cal. App. 2d 406
Fletcher v. Western National Life Insurance · 10 Cal. App. 3d 376
Dietlin v. General American Life Insurance · 4 Cal. 2d 336
Dietlin v. Missouri State Life Insurance · 14 P.2d 331
Little v. Stuyvesant Life Ins. Co. · 67 Cal. App. 3d 451
Reitano v. Yankwich · 38 Cal. 2d 1
Gray v. Cotton · 134 P. 1145
Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Altfillisch Construction Co. · 70 Cal. App. 3d 789
Hurwit v. Prudential I. Co. of America · 45 Cal. App. 2d 74
Hill v. New York Life Insurance · 38 Cal. App. 2d 627
Ivy v. Pacific Automobile Insurance · 320 P.2d 140
Ivy v. Pacific Automobile Ins. Co. · 156 Cal. App. 2d 652
Bartlett & Company, Grain v. Board of County Com'rs · 382 P.2d 193
People v. Redmond · 15 P.2d 188

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