Best Place, Inc. v. Penn America Insurance Co.

Decided June 21, 1996. Paula A. Nakayama wrote the opinion for the court.

920 P.2d 334 · Cited 165 times

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• Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance · 510 P.2d 1032
• Dold v. Outrigger Hotel & Hawaii Hotels Operating Co. · 501 P.2d 368
• Goo v. Continental Casualty Company · 473 P.2d 563
• Rawlings v. Apodaca · 726 P.2d 565
• Crisci v. Security Insurance · 66 Cal. 2d 425
• Masaki v. General Motors Corp. · 780 P.2d 566
• Wong v. City and County of Honolulu · 665 P.2d 157
• Stratis v. Pacific Ins. Co., Ltd. · 739 P.2d 251
• Egan v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance · 598 P.2d 452
• Noble v. National American Life Insurance · 624 P.2d 866
• Kealoha v. County of Hawaii · 844 P.2d 670
• Spencer v. Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance · 611 P.2d 149
• Comunale v. Traders & General Insurance · 50 Cal. 2d 654
• Wagenseller v. Scottsdale Memorial Hospital · 710 P.2d 1025
• Gossinger v. Association of Apartment Owners of the Regency · 835 P.2d 627
• White v. Western Title Insurance · 710 P.2d 309
• Barrera v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 456 P.2d 674
• Parsons v. Continental National American Group · 550 P.2d 94
• Anderson v. Continental Insurance · 271 N.W.2d 368
• Amfac, Inc. v. Waikiki Beachcomber Investment Co. · 839 P.2d 10
• Wangen v. Ford Motor Co. · 294 N.W.2d 437
• Parnar v. Americana Hotels, Inc. · 652 P.2d 625
• California Shoppers, Inc. v. Royal Globe Insurance Co. · 175 Cal. App. 3d 1
• White v. Unigard Mutual Insurance · 730 P.2d 1014
• Lawton v. Great Southwest Fire Insurance · 118 N.H. 607

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• Anastasi v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. · 134 Haw. 400
• Baird v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 11 F. Supp. 2d 1204
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• Willis v. Swain · 126 Haw. 312
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