Brandt v. Superior Court

Decided January 28, 1985. Malcolm Millar Lucas wrote the opinion for the court.

693 P.2d 796 · Cited 352 times

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• Austero v. Washington National Insurance · 132 Cal. App. 3d 408
• Gray v. Don Miller & Associates, Inc. · 674 P.2d 253
• Prentice v. North American Title Guaranty Corp. · 59 Cal. 2d 618
• Crisci v. Security Insurance · 66 Cal. 2d 425
• Bertero v. National General Corp. · 529 P.2d 608
• Neal v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 582 P.2d 980
• Carroll v. Hanover Insurance Co. · 266 Cal. App. 2d 47
• Serrano v. Priest · 569 P.2d 1303
• Babb v. Superior Court · 479 P.2d 379
• Nelson v. Kellogg · 123 P. 1115
• Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance · 510 P.2d 1032
• Comunale v. Traders & General Insurance · 50 Cal. 2d 654
• Fletcher v. Western National Life Insurance · 10 Cal. App. 3d 376
• Taylor v. Superior Court · 598 P.2d 854
• Bauguess v. Paine · 586 P.2d 942
• Johansen v. California State Automobile Ass'n Inter-Insurance Bureau · 538 P.2d 744
• Lowell v. Maryland Casualty Co. · 419 P.2d 180
• Egan v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance · 598 P.2d 452
• Melnyk v. Robledo · 64 Cal. App. 3d 618
• Fletcher v. A. J. Industries, Inc. · 266 Cal. App. 2d 313
• Kennedy v. Wollenberg · 53 Cal. 2d 124
• Fed-Mart Corp. v. Pell Enterprises, Inc. · 111 Cal. App. 3d 215
• Beneficial Standard Properties, Inc. v. Scharps · 67 Cal. App. 3d 227
• Patterson v. Insurance Co. of North America · 6 Cal. App. 3d 310

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