Collister v. Nationwide Life Insurance

Decided June 13, 1978. Thomas W. Pomeroy wrote the opinion for the court.

388 A.2d 1346 · Cited 218 times

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• Smith v. Westland Life Insurance · 539 P.2d 433
• Allen v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 208 A.2d 638
• Bowler v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of NY · 250 A.2d 580
• Toevs v. Western Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co. · 483 P.2d 682
• Brakeman v. Potomac Insurance Co. · 371 A.2d 193
• Ransom v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance · 43 Cal. 2d 420
• Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Lamme · 425 P.2d 346
• Brown v. Equitable Life Insurance · 211 N.W.2d 431
• Rempel v. Nationwide Life Insurance · 370 A.2d 366
• Turner v. Worth Insurance Company · 472 P.2d 1
• Adolf v. Union National Life Insurance Company · 101 N.W.2d 504
• Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co. · 263 U.S. 167
• Cooper v. Government Employees Insurance · 237 A.2d 870
• Bollinger v. National Fire Insurance · 25 Cal. 2d 399
• Beckham v. Travelers Insurance · 424 Pa. 107
• Burne v. Franklin Life Insurance · 451 Pa. 218
• Penn-Air, Inc. v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America · 439 Pa. 511
• Simpson v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America · 177 A.2d 417
• Stonsz v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States · 187 A. 403
• Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society v. Etheridge · 154 S.E.2d 369
• Law v. Hawaiian Life Insurance Co. · 459 P.2d 195
• Steelnack v. Knights Life Insurance Co. of America · 423 Pa. 205
• Elliott v. Interstate Life & Accident Insurance Co. · 176 S.E.2d 314
• Cannon v. Southland Life Insurance · 283 A.2d 404
• Employers Protective Life Assurance Co. v. Gatlin · 246 Ark. 244

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• Pressley v. Travelers Property Casualty Corp. · 817 A.2d 1131
• Mitchell v. Broadnax · 537 S.E.2d 882
• Bubis v. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Co. · 718 A.2d 1270
• Tonkovic v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 521 A.2d 920
• Anderson v. Country Life Insurance · 886 P.2d 1381
• Altimari v. John Hancock Variable Life Insurance · 247 F. Supp. 2d 637
• Barth v. Coleman · 878 P.2d 319
• Travelers Personal Ins. Co. v. Estate of Parzych · 675 F. Supp. 2d 505
• UTI Corp. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. · 896 F. Supp. 362
• Ross v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 411 F. Supp. 2d 571
• Ungarean, T. v. CNA · 2022 Pa. Super. 204
• Ungarean, T. v. CNA · 286 A.3d 353
• Madison Construction Co. v. Harleysville Mutual Insurance · 735 A.2d 100
• Atwater Creamery Co. v. Western National Mutual Insurance Co. · 366 N.W.2d 271
• Max True Plastering Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 912 P.2d 861
• Hallowell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 443 A.2d 925
• Butterfield v. Giuntoli · 670 A.2d 646
• Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance v. St. John · 106 A.3d 1
• Britamco Underwriters, Inc. v. Weiner · 636 A.2d 649
• Antanovich v. Allstate Insurance · 488 A.2d 571
• August v. Stasak · 424 A.2d 1328
• Allen v. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Co. · 839 P.2d 798

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