Billings v. COMMERCE INSURANCE COMPANY

Decided November 4, 2010. Ralph D. Gants wrote the opinion for the court.

458 Mass. 194 · Cited 79 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.

• Desrosiers v. Royal Insurance Co. of America · 468 N.E.2d 625
• Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. v. Commercial Union Insurance · 545 N.E.2d 1156
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Gilbane Building Co. · 461 N.E.2d 209
• Ravnikar v. Bogojavlensky · 438 Mass. 627
• Ruggerio Ambulance Service, Inc. v. National Grange Mutual Insurance · 430 Mass. 794
• Herbert A. Sullivan, Inc. v. Utica Mutual Insurance · 439 Mass. 387
• Jones v. Taibbi · 512 N.E.2d 260
• Liberty Mutual Insurance v. SCA Services, Inc. · 588 N.E.2d 1346
• Union Mutual Fire Insurance v. Inhabitants of Topsham · 441 A.2d 1012
• Bartholomew v. Insurance Co. of North America · 502 F. Supp. 246
• A.W. Chesterton Co. v. Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund · 445 Mass. 502
• Chervin v. Travelers Insurance · 448 Mass. 95
• Appleby v. Daily Hampshire Gazette · 478 N.E.2d 721
• S. Freedman & Sons, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance · 396 A.2d 195
• Security Mutual Casualty Co. v. Harbor Insurance · 397 N.E.2d 839
• Flynn v. Associated Press · 519 N.E.2d 1304
• Hubbard v. Beatty & Hyde, Inc. · 178 N.E.2d 485
• Roess v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company · 383 F. Supp. 1231
• Paterson Tallow Co. v. Royal Globe Insurance Companies · 444 A.2d 579
• Zurich Insurance v. Peterson · 188 Cal. App. 3d 438
• Ethicon, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 688 F. Supp. 119
• Town of Newfane v. General Star National Insurance · 14 A.D.3d 72
• Home Insurance v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance · 444 Mass. 599
• North River Insurance v. Broward County Sheriff's Office · 428 F. Supp. 2d 1284
• SELECTIVE INS. CO. OF S. CAROLINA v. City of Paris · 681 F. Supp. 2d 975

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• Gulf Underwriters Insurance v. City of Council Bluffs · 755 F. Supp. 2d 988
• Clermont v. Continental Casualty Co. · 778 F. Supp. 2d 133
• Deutsche Bank National Ass'n v. First American Title Insurance · 465 Mass. 741
• Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Morrison · 460 Mass. 352
• NUON v. City of Lowell · 768 F. Supp. 2d 323
• Ferreira v. Chrysler Group LLC · 468 Mass. 336

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