Cody v. Connecticut General Life Insurance

Decided August 12, 1982. Ruth Abrams wrote the opinion for the court.

387 Mass. 142 · Cited 249 times

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• Kates v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance · 509 F. Supp. 477
• Zapatha v. Dairy Mart, Inc. · 408 N.E.2d 1370
• Mailhot v. Travelers Insurance · 377 N.E.2d 681
• MacArthur v. Massachusetts Hospital Service, Inc. · 180 N.E.2d 449
• Commonwealth v. DeCotis · 316 N.E.2d 748
• Gaudette v. Webb · 284 N.E.2d 222
• Dodd v. Commercial Union Insurance · 365 N.E.2d 802
• Smith v. Ariens Co. · 377 N.E.2d 954
• August A. Busch & Co. of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 158 N.E.2d 351
• Save-Mor Supermarkets, Inc. v. Skelly Detective Service, Inc. · 268 N.E.2d 666
• Stankus v. New York Life Insurance · 312 Mass. 366
• Hiller v. Submarine Signal Co. · 91 N.E.2d 667
• Hyfer v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 318 Mass. 175
• Daley v. J. F. White Contracting Co. · 197 N.E.2d 699
• Tri-City Concrete Co. Inc. v. ALA Construction Co. · 179 N.E.2d 319
• Lechmere Tire & Sales Co. v. Burwick · 277 N.E.2d 503
• Dekofski v. Leite · 142 N.E.2d 782
• Biathrow v. Continental Casualty Co. · 356 N.E.2d 451

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• Sullivan v. Southland Life Insurance · 67 Mass. App. Ct. 439
• Onebeacon America Insurance v. Commercial Union Assurance Co. · 804 F. Supp. 2d 77
• Kirkpatrick v. Boston Mutual Life Insurance · 473 N.E.2d 173
• Alan Corp. v. International Surplus Lines Insurance · 823 F. Supp. 33
• American Home Assurance Co. v. AGM Marine Contractors, Inc. · 379 F. Supp. 2d 134
• J.I. Corp. v. Federal Insurance · 730 F. Supp. 1187
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. A.L.J.A., Inc. · 905 F. Supp. 36
• Panagora Asset Management, Inc. v. St. Paul Mercury Insurance · 674 F. Supp. 2d 315
• Allmerica Financial Corp. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's · 449 Mass. 621
• Wilkinson v. Citation Insurance · 447 Mass. 663
• Lawarre v. Fifth Third Secs., Inc. · 2012 Ohio 4016
• Fratus v. Republic Western Insurance · 963 F. Supp. 113
• Cardin v. Royal Insurance Co. of America · 476 N.E.2d 200
• Gulezian v. Lincoln Insurance · 506 N.E.2d 123
• City Fuel Corp. v. National Fire Insurance · 446 Mass. 638
• Meridian Mutual Insurance Co v. Richie · 540 N.E.2d 27
• Alabama Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Magic City Trucking Service, Inc. · 547 So. 2d 849
• Clemco Industries v. Commercial Union Insurance · 665 F. Supp. 816
• M. Dematteo Construction Co. v. Century Indemnity Co. · 182 F. Supp. 2d 146
• Colonial Gas Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 823 F. Supp. 975
• New England Extrusion, Inc. v. American Alliance Insurance Co. · 874 F. Supp. 467
• Central Mutual Insurance v. Boston Telephone, Inc. · 486 F. Supp. 2d 180
• Spence v. Berkshire Life Insurance · 561 F. Supp. 2d 126
• Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 53 F. Supp. 2d 529
• Toffler Associates, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance · 651 F. Supp. 2d 332

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