Coleman v. Gulf Insurance Group

Decided May 22, 1986. Joseph R. Grodin wrote the opinion for the court.

718 P.2d 77 · Cited 117 times

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Precedents cited

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.

• In Re Marriage of Flaherty · 646 P.2d 179
• Tellefsen v. Key System Transit Lines · 198 Cal. App. 2d 611
• Royal Globe Insurance v. Superior Court · 592 P.2d 329
• Bertero v. National General Corp. · 529 P.2d 608
• Thompson v. County of Alameda · 614 P.2d 728
• Spellens v. Spellens · 317 P.2d 613
• Comunale v. Traders & General Insurance · 50 Cal. 2d 654
• Crisci v. Security Insurance · 66 Cal. 2d 425
• Tranchina v. Arcinas · 78 Cal. App. 2d 522
• White v. Western Title Insurance · 710 P.2d 309
• Fletcher v. Western National Life Insurance · 10 Cal. App. 3d 376
• Barquis v. Merchants Collection Assn. · 496 P.2d 817
• Twyford v. Twyford · 63 Cal. App. 3d 916
• Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance · 510 P.2d 1032
• Neal v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 582 P.2d 980
• Brandt v. Superior Court · 693 P.2d 796
• Buckaloo v. Johnson · 537 P.2d 865
• Murphy v. Allstate Insurance · 553 P.2d 584
• Payne v. Superior Court · 553 P.2d 565
• White Lighting Co. v. Wolfson · 68 Cal. 2d 336
• Ferguson v. Keays · 484 P.2d 70
• Templeton Feed & Grain v. Ralston Purina Co. · 69 Cal. 2d 461
• Skaff v. Small Claims Court · 68 Cal. 2d 76
• Pimentel v. Houk · 101 Cal. App. 2d 884
• Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. · 24 Cal. 2d 453

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• Idell v. Goodman · 224 Cal. App. 3d 262
• Merlet v. Rizzo · 75 Cal. Rptr. 2d 83
• Tomaselli v. Transamerica Insurance · 25 Cal. App. 4th 1766
• Zamos v. Stroud · 87 P.3d 802
• Hand v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 23 Cal. App. 4th 1847
• Young v. Allstate Insurance Co. · 198 P.3d 666
• Merlet v. Rizzo · 64 Cal. App. 4th 53
• Hughes v. Mid-Century Insurance · 38 Cal. App. 4th 1176
• Zamos v. Stroud · 1 Cal. Rptr. 3d 484
• De Anza Santa Cruz Mobile Estates Homeowners Ass'n v. De Anza Santa Cruz Mobile Estates · 114 Cal. Rptr. 2d 708
• Silver v. Gold · 211 Cal. App. 3d 17
• Soukup v. Law Offices of Herbert Hafif · 139 P.3d 30
• Jablonski v. Royal Globe Insurance · 204 Cal. App. 3d 379
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Lee · 193 Cal. App. 4th 34
• Crowley v. Katleman · 881 P.2d 1083
• Cates Construction, Inc. v. Talbot Partners · 980 P.2d 407
• Isaacson v. California Insurance Guarantee Ass'n · 750 P.2d 297
• PPG Industries, Inc. v. Transamerica Insurance · 975 P.2d 652
• Villa v. Cole · 4 Cal. App. 4th 1327
• Doran v. Magan · 76 Cal. App. 4th 1287
• Harper v. Wausau Insurance · 56 Cal. App. 4th 1079
• Gulf Ins. Co. v. TIG Ins. Co. · 103 Cal. Rptr. 2d 305
• Kappel v. Bartlett · 200 Cal. App. 3d 1457
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Crane · 217 Cal. App. 3d 1127
• In Re Marriage of Green · 6 Cal. App. 4th 584

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