Brakeman v. Potomac Insurance Co.

Decided March 16, 1977. Thomas W. Pomeroy wrote the opinion for the court.

371 A.2d 193 · Cited 300 times

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• Cooper v. Government Employees Insurance · 237 A.2d 870
• St. Louis Dressed Beef & Provision Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co. · 201 U.S. 173
• Jeannette Glass Co. v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America · 370 Pa. 409
• Pickering v. American Employers Insurance · 282 A.2d 584
• Oregon Automobile Insurance v. Salzberg · 535 P.2d 816
• Meierdierck v. MILLER · 394 Pa. 484
• Unverzagt v. Prestera · 13 A.2d 46
• Roberts v. Fireman's Ins. Co. of NJ · 376 Pa. 99
• Factory Mutual Liability Insurance Co. of America v. Kennedy · 182 S.E.2d 727
• Jones v. Southern Surety Co. · 230 N.W. 381
• Hachmeister, Inc. v. Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Co. of Wisconsin · 403 Pa. 430
• Campbell v. Allstate Ins. Co. · 384 P.2d 155
• Miller v. Marcantel · 221 So. 2d 557
• Harleysville Mutual Casualty Co. v. Blumling · 429 Pa. 389
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Johnson · 320 A.2d 345
• Lindus v. Northern Insurance Company of New York · 438 P.2d 311
• Henderson v. Hawkeye-Security Insurance Company · 106 N.W.2d 86
• Conroy v. Commercial Cas. Ins. Co. · 140 A. 905
• Springfield Township v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America · 64 A.2d 761
• Burne v. Franklin Life Insurance · 451 Pa. 218
• Lusch v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company · 538 P.2d 902
• Ross v. Mayflower Drug Stores, Inc. · 12 A.2d 569
• Farmers National Bank v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp. · 414 Pa. 91
• Calhoun v. Western Casualty & Surety Co. · 260 Wis. 34
• Tiedtke v. Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York · 222 So. 2d 206

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• Vanderhoff v. Harleysville Insurance Co. · 78 A.3d 1060
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• Lexington Insurance v. Western Pennsylvania Hospital · 318 F. Supp. 2d 270
• Prince George's County v. Local Government Insurance Trust · 879 A.2d 81
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• Collister v. Nationwide Life Insurance · 388 A.2d 1346
• Ferrando v. Auto-Owners Mutual Insurance · 2002 Ohio 7217
• Alcazar v. Hayes · 982 S.W.2d 845
• Terrell v. State Farm Insurance Co. · 346 N.W.2d 149
• Borish v. Britamco Underwriters, Inc. · 869 F. Supp. 316
• Bertha v. Pennsylvania Lumberman's Mutual Insurance · 444 A.2d 647
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