Clemmer v. Hartford Insurance Co.

Decided December 19, 1978. Wiley Manuel wrote the opinion for the court.

587 P.2d 1098 · Cited 420 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.

• Valladao v. Fireman's Fund Indemnity Co. · 13 Cal. 2d 322
• Shapiro v. Republic Indemnity Co. of America · 341 P.2d 289
• Zuckerman v. Underwriters at Lloyd's · 42 Cal. 2d 460
• Bernhard v. Bank of America National Trust & Saving Association · 19 Cal. 2d 807
• Teitelbaum Furs, Inc. v. Dominion Ins. Co., Ltd. · 58 Cal. 2d 601
• Margellini v. Pacific Automobile Insurance Co. · 33 Cal. App. 2d 93
• Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · 402 U.S. 313
• Murphy v. Allstate Insurance · 553 P.2d 584
• Hauter v. Zogarts · 534 P.2d 377
• Executive Aviation, Inc. v. National Insurance Underwriters · 16 Cal. App. 3d 799
• Ford v. Providence Washington Insurance · 311 P.2d 930
• People v. One 1964 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible · 274 Cal. App. 2d 720
• Skolsky v. Electronovision Prods. Inc. · 254 Cal. App. 2d 246
• Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co. · 419 P.2d 168
• Neal v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 582 P.2d 980
• People v. Washington · 62 Cal. 2d 777
• People v. Taylor · 527 P.2d 622
• Dillard v. McKnight · 34 Cal. 2d 209
• Barrera v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 456 P.2d 674
• Campbell v. Allstate Ins. Co. · 384 P.2d 155
• Zaragosa v. Craven · 33 Cal. 2d 315
• Miller v. Los Angeles County Flood Control District · 505 P.2d 193
• Scala v. Jerry Witt & Sons, Inc. · 475 P.2d 864
• Elliott v. Superior Court · 77 P. 1109
• Lynch v. Glass · 44 Cal. App. 3d 943

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• City of Los Angeles v. Glair · 63 Cal. Rptr. 3d 280
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Byrd · 729 F. Supp. 1265
• City of Los Angeles v. Glair · 153 Cal. App. 4th 813
• Riley v. Giguiere · 631 F. Supp. 2d 1295
• Fire Insurance Exchange v. Abbott · 204 Cal. App. 3d 1012
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Ezrin · 764 F. Supp. 153
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Martinez-Lozano · 916 F. Supp. 996
• Citizens for Open Access to Sand and Tide, Inc. v. Seadrift Ass'n · 60 Cal. App. 4th 1053
• Baber v. Fortner by Poe · 412 S.E.2d 814
• Fire Insurance Exchange v. Altieri · 235 Cal. App. 3d 1352
• Select Insurance v. Superior Court · 226 Cal. App. 3d 631
• Aydin Corp. v. First State Insurance · 959 P.2d 1213
• Western Mutual Ins. Co. v. Yamamoto · 29 Cal. App. 4th 1474
• Raychem Corp. v. Federal Insurance · 853 F. Supp. 1170
• Mussetter v. Lyke · 10 F. Supp. 2d 944
• Silicon Valley Bank v. New Hampshire Insurance · 203 F. Supp. 2d 1152
• Melton v. Industrial Indemnity Co. · 103 Cal. Rptr. 2d 222
• Allstate Insurance v. Overton · 160 Cal. App. 3d 843
• Executive Risk Indemnity, Inc. v. Jones · 171 Cal. App. 4th 319
• Miller v. Superior Court · 168 Cal. App. 3d 376
• MCA Records, Inc. v. Charly Records, Ltd. · 865 F. Supp. 649
• Shell Oil Co. v. Winterthur Swiss Insurance · 12 Cal. App. 4th 715
• Samson v. Transamerica Insurance · 636 P.2d 32

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