Baumgartner v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Decided March 1, 1978. John Allen Dixon Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

356 So. 2d 400 · Cited 139 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.

• McElveen v. Gant · 102 So. 2d 477
• Jackson v. Cook · 181 So. 195
• Rottman v. Beverly · 165 So. 153
• Bergeron v. Department of Highways · 60 So. 2d 4
• Guilbeau v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. · 338 So. 2d 600
• Williams v. City of Baton Rouge · 214 So. 2d 138
• Leake v. Prudhomme Truck Tank Service, Inc. · 258 So. 2d 358
• Bitoun v. Landry · 302 So. 2d 278
• Anderson v. Welding Testing Laboratory, Inc. · 304 So. 2d 351
• Reeves v. Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Company · 282 So. 2d 503
• Fox v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 288 So. 2d 42
• Pierre v. Landry · 341 So. 2d 891
• St. Amant v. Travelers Insurance Company · 233 So. 2d 23
• Comeaux v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. · 231 So. 2d 674
• Woodard v. Burkes · 135 So. 2d 333
• Breaux v. Barichnivich · 49 So. 2d 651

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