Comunale v. Traders & General Insurance

Decided July 22, 1958. Phil S. Gibson wrote the opinion for the court.

50 Cal. 2d 654 · Cited 586 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.

• Brown v. Guarantee Insurance · 155 Cal. App. 2d 679
• O'Brien v. King · 164 P. 631
• Trubowitch v. Riverbank Canning Co. · 30 Cal. 2d 335
• Brown v. Superior Court · 34 Cal. 2d 559
• Huysman v. Kirsch · 6 Cal. 2d 302
• Eads v. Marks · 39 Cal. 2d 807
• Ivy v. Pacific Automobile Insurance · 320 P.2d 140
• Jones v. Kelly · 280 P. 942
• Comunale v. Traders & General Insurance · 116 Cal. App. 2d 198
• Tanzola v. De Rita · 285 P.2d 897
• County of Santa Clara v. Hayes Co. · 43 Cal. 2d 615
• Gardner v. Basich Bros. Construction Co. · 44 Cal. 2d 191
• Lawrence Barker, Inc. v. Briggs · 39 Cal. 2d 654
• Krebenios v. Lindauer · 166 P. 17
• Scrivner v. Woodward · 73 P. 863
• Vierneisel v. Rhode Island Insurance Co. · 77 Cal. App. 2d 229
• Venturi v. Zurich General Accident & Liability Co. · 14 Cal. App. 2d 89
• Henkel v. Pacific Employers Insurance · 140 Cal. App. 2d 301
• Ivy v. Pacific Automobile Ins. Co. · 156 Cal. App. 2d 652

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• Johansen v. California State Automobile Ass'n Inter-Insurance Bureau · 538 P.2d 744
• Camelot by Bay Condominium Owners' Ass'n v. Scottsdale Insurance · 27 Cal. App. 4th 33
• Dewitt v. Monterey Insurance · 204 Cal. App. 4th 233
• Davy v. Public National Insurance · 181 Cal. App. 2d 387
• McDowell v. Union Mutual Life Insurance Co. · 404 F. Supp. 136
• Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance · 510 P.2d 1032
• Archdale v. American International Specialty Lines Insurance · 64 Cal. Rptr. 3d 632
• Campbell v. Superior Court · 44 Cal. App. 4th 1308
• PPG Industries, Inc. v. Transamerica Insurance · 975 P.2d 652
• Foley v. Interactive Data Corp. · 765 P.2d 373
• Crisci v. Security Insurance · 66 Cal. 2d 425
• Neal v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 582 P.2d 980
• Continental Casualty Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 516 F. Supp. 384
• International Surplus Lines Insurance v. University of Wyoming Research Corp. · 850 F. Supp. 1509
• Capitol Indemnity Corp. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance · 357 F. Supp. 399
• Critz v. Farmers Insurance Group · 230 Cal. App. 2d 788
• Coe v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 66 Cal. App. 3d 981
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Imperial Contracting Co. · 212 Cal. App. 3d 712
• Egan v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance · 598 P.2d 452
• Century Indemnity Co. v. Superior Court · 50 Cal. App. 4th 1115
• American States Insurance v. National Fire Insurance · 202 Cal. App. 4th 692
• Security Mutual Casualty Co. v. Transport Indemnity Co. · 66 Cal. App. 3d 1009
• Reichert v. General Insurance of America · 442 P.2d 377
• Signal Companies, Inc. v. Harbor Ins. Co. · 612 P.2d 889
• Mowry v. Badger State Mutual Casualty Co. · 385 N.W.2d 171

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