Celtic Life Insurance Co. v. Coats

Decided November 3, 1994. Rose Spector wrote the opinion for the court.

885 S.W.2d 96 · Cited 123 times

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• Weitzel v. Barnes · 691 S.W.2d 598
• Farley v. UNITED PACIFIC INSURANCE COMPANY · 525 P.2d 1003
• Murray v. San Jacinto Agency, Inc. · 800 S.W.2d 826
• Royal Globe Insurance Co. v. Bar Consultants, Inc. · 577 S.W.2d 688
• Flamme v. Wolf Insurance Agency · 476 N.W.2d 802
• May v. United Services Ass'n of America · 844 S.W.2d 666
• Lewis v. Citizens Agency of Madelia, Inc. · 235 N.W.2d 831
• Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co. of Newark, NJ v. Bailey · 190 A.2d 757
• Robinson v. Weaver · 550 S.W.2d 18
• Vail v. Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. · 754 S.W.2d 129
• Crawley v. American Public Life Ins. Co. · 603 So. 2d 835

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