Colonial Life and Accident Insurance Co. v. Collins

Decided January 26, 1967. John L. Goodwyn wrote the opinion for the court.

194 So. 2d 532 · Cited 50 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.

• Continental Casualty Co. v. Paul · 95 So. 814
• McGifford v. Protective Life Ins. Co. · 151 So. 349
• New York Life Ins. Co. v. Torrance · 141 So. 547
• Chemstrand Corp. v. Maryland Casualty Company · 98 So. 2d 1
• Fowler v. First National Life Insurance Co. of America · 378 P.2d 605
• McKee v. Exchange Insurance Association · 120 So. 2d 690
• Ex Parte Cross · 22 So. 2d 378
• Edwards v. Smith · 199 So. 811
• Southern Ry. Co. v. Woodstock Mills · 161 So. 519
• Life Casuality Ins. Co. v. Garrett · 35 So. 2d 109
• Mould v. Travelers Mutual Casualty Co. · 257 N.W. 349
• Colonial Life Accident Ins. Co. v. Shotts · 267 Ala. 525
• Woodall v. National Life and Accident Ins. Co. · 269 Ala. 606
• Nelson v. Nelson · 31 So. 2d 685
• Davis v. Birmingham Electric Co. · 33 So. 2d 355

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• National Life and Accident Insurance Co. v. Allen · 234 So. 2d 567
• Folmar v. Montgomery Fair Company, Inc. · 309 So. 2d 818
• Guaranty National Insurance v. Beeline Stores, Inc. · 945 F. Supp. 1510
• Auto-Owners Insurance v. Toole · 947 F. Supp. 1557
• United Services Automobile Association v. Smith · 329 So. 2d 562
• Southern Guaranty Insurance Company v. Wales · 218 So. 2d 822
• Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Government Employees Insurance · 240 So. 2d 664
• State Farm v. Shady Grove Baptist Church · 838 So. 2d 1039
• Allstate Indemnity Co. v. Lewis · 985 F. Supp. 1341
• Sphere Drake Ins., PLC v. Shoney's, Inc. · 923 F. Supp. 1481
• Shalimar Contractors, Inc. v. American States Insurance · 975 F. Supp. 1450
• Shanes v. Kiser · 729 So. 2d 319
• St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. v. Britt · 203 So. 3d 804
• Mann v. Smith · 561 So. 2d 1112
• Fuqua v. Barbe · 376 So. 2d 202
• Pyun v. Paul Revere Life Insurance · 768 F. Supp. 2d 1157
• Alabama Farm Bureau v. Henderson · 374 So. 2d 355
• Parker v. JC Penney Life Ins. Co. · 980 So. 2d 409
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield v. Dennis · 384 So. 2d 130

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