Cruz v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Decided July 17, 2002. Elizabeth A. Weaver wrote the opinion for the court.

648 N.W.2d 591 · Cited 128 times

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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.

• Cruz v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 614 N.W.2d 689
• Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Nikkel · 596 N.W.2d 915
• Putkamer v. Transamerica Insurance Corp. of America · 563 N.W.2d 683
• Claflin v. Commonwealth Insurance · 110 U.S. 81
• Universal Underwriters Insurance v. Kneeland · 628 N.W.2d 491
• Shavers v. Attorney General · 267 N.W.2d 72
• Wood v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange · 321 N.W.2d 653
• Turner v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n · 528 N.W.2d 681
• Cardinal Mooney High School v. Michigan High School Athletic Ass'n · 467 N.W.2d 21
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Old Republic Insurance · 644 N.W.2d 715
• Tebo v. Havlik · 343 N.W.2d 181
• Nasser v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n · 457 N.W.2d 637
• Rohlman v. Hawkeye-Security Insurance · 502 N.W.2d 310
• Blakeslee v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance · 201 N.W.2d 786
• Davis v. Citizens Insurance Co. of America · 489 N.W.2d 214
• Knox v. Knox · 59 N.W.2d 108
• Yeo v. State Farm Insurance · 555 N.W.2d 893
• Johnston v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange · 333 N.W.2d 517
• Morris v. Aetna Life Insurance · 287 S.E.2d 388
• Anton v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 607 N.W.2d 123
• Barabin v. AIG Hawaii Ins. Co., Inc. · 921 P.2d 732
• Mogle v. Scriver · 614 N.W.2d 696

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• Yaldo v. ALLSTATE PROPERTY AND CAS. INS. CO. · 641 F. Supp. 2d 644
• Muci v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 705 N.W.2d 151
• Chiropractors Rehabilitation Group, PC v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 313 Mich. App. 113
• Michigan Chiropractic Council v. Commissioner of the Office of Financial & Insurance Services · 262 Mich. App. 228
• Muci v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 732 N.W.2d 88
• Cameron v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n · 718 N.W.2d 784
• David J McQueer v. Perfect Fence Company · 917 N.W.2d 584
• K.G. Ex Rel. Gray v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 674 F. Supp. 2d 862
• Wyoming Chiropractic Health Clinic Pc v. Auto-Owners Ins Company · 308 Mich. App. 389
• Rory v. Continental Insurance · 703 N.W.2d 23
• Griffith v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 697 N.W.2d 895
• Coates v. Bastian Brothers, Inc · 741 N.W.2d 539
• City of Grosse Pointe Park v. Michigan Municipal Liability & Property Pool · 702 N.W.2d 106
• Grange Insurance Co of Michigan v. Edward Lawrence · 494 Mich. 475
• Parkwood Ltd. Dividend Housing Ass'n v. State Housing Development Authority · 468 Mich. 763
• Jones v. Department of Corrections · 664 N.W.2d 717
• Silver Creek Drain District v. Extrusions Division, Inc · 663 N.W.2d 436
• King v. Ford Motor Credit Co. · 668 N.W.2d 357
• Fromm v. Meemic Insurance · 690 N.W.2d 528
• Jarrad v. Integon National Insurance · 696 N.W.2d 621
• American Alternative Ins. Co., Inc. v. York · 679 N.W.2d 306
• Auto-Owners Insurance v. Amoco Production Co. · 658 N.W.2d 460
• Johnson v. Johnson · 739 N.W.2d 877
• Nunez v. Geico General Insurance · 117 So. 3d 388
• Rusnak v. Walker · 729 N.W.2d 542

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