Cohen v. American Home Assurance Co.

Decided November 3, 1969. Marvin H. Smith wrote the opinion for the court.

258 A.2d 225 · Cited 71 times

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• Hardware Mutual Casualty v. Same · 26 A.2d 393
• Melvin v. American Automobile Insurance · 194 A.2d 269
• Freedman v. Seidler · 194 A.2d 778
• Harry's Thrifty Tavern, Inc. v. Pitarra · 166 A.2d 908
• Erie Insurance Exchange v. Lane · 227 A.2d 231
• Zurich Insurance v. Monarch Insurance Co. of Ohio · 230 A.2d 330
• Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co. · 154 U.S. 1
• McGaw v. Acker, Merrall & Condit Co. · 73 A. 731
• Standard Accident Ins. Co. of Detroit v. Hull · 91 F. Supp. 65
• State Roads Commission v. Sharper · 190 A.2d 647
• Morrison v. Swenson · 142 N.W.2d 640
• Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Messenger · 29 A.2d 653
• Sun Insurance Office, Ltd. v. Mallick · 153 A. 35
• Insurance Co. v. Piaggio · 83 U.S. 378
• Occidental Fire and Casualty Company v. Cook · 435 P.2d 364
• Winslow Elevator & MacHine Co. v. Hoffman · 69 A. 394
• Miholevich v. Mid-West Mutual Auto Insurance · 246 N.W. 202
• Monumental Life Insurance v. Taylor · 129 A.2d 103
• Verhagen v. Platt · 61 A.2d 892
• Dworsky v. Vermes Credit Jewelry, Inc. · 244 Minn. 62
• American Home Assurance Co. v. Erie Insurance Exchange · 248 A.2d 887
• Coast Lumber Co. v. Aetna Life Insurance Co. · 22 Idaho 264
• Textileather Corp. v. American Mutual Liability Insurance · 166 A. 214
• Utilities Construction Corp. v. Peerless Insurance · 233 F. Supp. 64
• Mt. Beacon Insurance Company v. Williams · 296 F. Supp. 1094

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• Kremers-Urban Co. v. American Employers Insurance Co. · 351 N.W.2d 156
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• Bankers & Shippers Insurance v. Electro Enterprises Inc. · 415 A.2d 278
• Megonnell v. United States Automobile Association · 796 A.2d 758
• Union Mutual Fire Insurance v. Inhabitants of Topsham · 441 A.2d 1012
• American Home Assurance Co. v. Osbourn · 422 A.2d 8
• Bond v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance · 424 A.2d 765
• Government Employees Insurance v. Taylor · 310 A.2d 49
• Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. v. Sherwood Brands, Inc. · 680 A.2d 554
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