State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Bialo v. Western Mutual Insurance

Decided January 9, 2001. Reuben A. Ortega wrote the opinion for the court.

115 Cal. Rptr. 2d 3 · Cited 71 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.

Calfarm Insurance v. Deukmejian · 771 P.2d 1247
Sullivan v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · 15 Cal. 4th 288
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center v. Superior Court · 954 P.2d 511
Prudential-LMI Commercial Insurance v. Superior Court · 798 P.2d 1230
State of South Dakota v. Brown · 576 P.2d 473
20th Century Insurance v. Superior Court · 109 Cal. Rptr. 2d 611
Hellinger v. Farmers Group, Inc. · 111 Cal. Rptr. 2d 268
People v. Knowles · 217 P.2d 1
Halbert's Lumber, Inc. v. Lucky Stores, Inc. · 6 Cal. App. 4th 1233
Stratton v. First National Life Insurance · 210 Cal. App. 3d 1071
Jacoves v. United Merchandising Corp. · 9 Cal. App. 4th 88
PMC, Inc. v. Saban Entertainment, Inc. · 45 Cal. App. 4th 579
SUTCO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. v. Modesto High School Dist. · 208 Cal. App. 3d 1220
Tietge v. Western Province of the Servites, Inc. · 55 Cal. App. 4th 382
Costa v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board · 77 Cal. Rptr. 2d 289
California Union Insurance v. Poppy Ridge Partners · 224 Cal. App. 3d 897
Campanelli v. Allstate Insurance · 119 F. Supp. 2d 1073

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