Avery v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Decided August 18, 2005. Mary Ann G. McMorrow wrote the opinion for the court.

835 N.E.2d 801 · Cited 709 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.

• Oliveira v. Amoco Oil Co. · 776 N.E.2d 151
• Goshen v. Mutual Life Insurance · 774 N.E.2d 1190
• Travelers Insurance v. Eljer Manufacturing, Inc. · 757 N.E.2d 481
• Martin v. Heinold Commodities, Inc. · 510 N.E.2d 840
• Outboard Marine Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 607 N.E.2d 1204
• American States Insurance v. Koloms · 687 N.E.2d 72
• Snelson v. Kamm · 787 N.E.2d 796
• Bell v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 9 Cal. Rptr. 3d 544
• Shannon v. Boise Cascade Corp. · 805 N.E.2d 213
• Zekman v. Direct American Marketers, Inc. · 695 N.E.2d 853
• Connick v. Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd. · 675 N.E.2d 584
• Williams v. Illinois State Scholarship Commission · 563 N.E.2d 465
• Hagerty v. General Motors Corp. · 319 N.E.2d 5
• Graham v. General U.S. Grant Post No. 2665 · 248 N.E.2d 657
• Ray v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 200 Cal. App. 3d 1411
• Steinberg v. Chicago Medical School · 371 N.E.2d 634
• Central Illinois Light Co. v. Home Insurance · 821 N.E.2d 206
• Cramer v. Insurance Exchange Agency · 675 N.E.2d 897
• Bazydlo v. Volant · 647 N.E.2d 273
• Gillen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 830 N.E.2d 575
• Beahringer v. Page · 204 Ill. 2d 363
• Lucas v. Lakin · 676 N.E.2d 637
• Morris B. Chapman & Associates, Ltd. v. Kitzman · 739 N.E.2d 1263
• Krohe v. City of Bloomington · 789 N.E.2d 1211
• Richardson v. Chapman · 676 N.E.2d 621

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• Gridley v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 840 N.E.2d 269
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