State Supreme Court / Tex.

Barnett v. Aetna Life Insurance Co.

Decided February 4, 1987. Ted Robertson wrote the opinion for the court.

723 S.W.2d 663 · Cited 321 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.

Glover v. National Insurance Underwriters · 545 S.W.2d 755
General American Indemnity Company v. Pepper · 339 S.W.2d 660
Stanford v. Butler · 181 S.W.2d 269
Continental Casualty Co. v. Warren · 254 S.W.2d 762
Brown v. Palatine Insurance Co. · 35 S.W. 1060
National Security Life & Casualty Co. v. Davis · 257 S.W.2d 943
Iowa Mutual Insurance Company v. Faulkner · 300 S.W.2d 639
Puckett v. U.S. Fire Insurance Co. · 678 S.W.2d 936
Royal Indemnity Company v. Marshall · 388 S.W.2d 176
Ramsay v. Maryland American General Insurance Co. · 533 S.W.2d 344
Ex Parte Johnson · 591 S.W.2d 453

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