Birth Center v. St. Paul Companies, Inc.

Decided December 31, 2001. Stephen A. Zappala wrote the opinion for the court.

787 A.2d 376 · Cited 170 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.

• Gedeon v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 410 Pa. 55
• AM/PM Franchise Ass'n v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 584 A.2d 915
• Moure v. Raeuchle · 604 A.2d 1003
• Rahn v. Hess · 378 Pa. 264
• Metropolitan Property & Liability Insurance v. Insurance Commissioner · 580 A.2d 300
• R. I. Lampus Co. v. Neville Cement Products Corp. · 378 A.2d 288
• D'Ambrosio v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance · 494 Pa. 501
• Kirkbride v. Lisbon Contractors, Inc. · 555 A.2d 800
• Atkins v. Urban Redevelopment Authority · 414 A.2d 100
• Wenrick v. Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft · 564 A.2d 1244
• Johnson v. Beane · 664 A.2d 96
• Cummings v. Nazareth Borough · 427 Pa. 14
• Perkoski v. Wilson · 371 Pa. 553
• Brown v. Shirks Motor Express · 393 Pa. 367
• Birth Center v. St. Paul Companies, Inc. · 727 A.2d 1144

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