State Supreme Court / Wash.

Dairyland Insurance v. Ward

Decided February 5, 1974. Orris L. Hamilton wrote the opinion for the court.

517 P.2d 966 · Cited 101 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.

Aler v. Travelers Indemnity Co. · 92 F. Supp. 620
Lontkowski v. Ignarski · 6 Wis. 2d 561
Juzefski v. Western Casualty & Surety Co. · 173 Cal. App. 2d 118
Rathbun v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 144 Conn. 165
Ransom v. Fidelity and Casualty Co. of New York · 108 S.E.2d 22
Leteff v. Maryland Casualty Company · 91 So. 2d 123
Lumbermens Mut. Casualty Co. v. Pulsifer · 41 F. Supp. 249
Simon v. Milwaukee Automobile Mutual Insurance · 262 Minn. 378
George B. Wallace Co. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 349 P.2d 789
Murray v. Western Pacific Insurance · 472 P.2d 611
Zinn v. Equitable Life Insurance · 107 P.2d 921
American Automobile Insurance Co. v. English · 94 So. 2d 397
Jeffries v. General Casualty Co. of America · 283 P.2d 128
Iowa Mutual Insurance Company v. Addy · 286 P.2d 622
Kane v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America · 100 P.2d 1036
Brown v. Underwriters at Lloyd's · 332 P.2d 228
Fleming v. Travelers Insurance · 39 So. 2d 885
Whaley v. Great American Insurance Company · 131 S.E.2d 491
Grantham v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 139 S.E.2d 744
Palmer v. Glens Falls Insurance · 360 P.2d 742
General Leasing Corp. v. Anderson · 416 P.2d 302
McKinley v. Colorado Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance · 431 P.2d 859
Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Marr · 128 F. Supp. 67
O'BRIEN v. Halifax Insurance Co. of Massachusetts · 141 So. 2d 307
Hancock v. Western Casualty and Surety Co. · 154 F. Supp. 164

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Boeing Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 784 P.2d 507
Di Orio v. New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company · 398 A.2d 1274
Panorama Village Condominium Owners Ass'n Board of Directors v. Allstate Insurance · 144 Wash. 2d 130
Blackburn v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 697 P.2d 425
Metropolitan Property & Liability Insurance Co. v. Finlayson · 751 P.2d 254
Tewell, Thorpe & Findlay, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co. · 825 P.2d 724
Ross v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 919 P.2d 1268
Dairyland Insurance v. Beekman · 576 P.2d 153
New London County Mutual Insurance v. Fontaine · 45 A.3d 551
Greer v. Northwestern National Insurance · 743 P.2d 1244
Witherspoon v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance · 548 P.2d 302
Polygon Northwest Co. v. American Nat. Fire Ins. Co. · 189 P.3d 777
Polygon Northwest Co. v. American National Fire Insurance · 143 Wash. App. 753
Vadheim v. Continental Insurance · 734 P.2d 17
Allstate Insurance v. Raynor · 143 Wash. 2d 469
Foster v. Johnstone · 685 P.2d 802
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Ruiz · 952 P.2d 157
Allstate Ins. Co. v. Raynor · 21 P.3d 707
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Ruiz · 134 Wash. 2d 713
Continental Ins. Co. v. Paccar, Inc. · 634 P.2d 291
First Hays Banshares, Inc. v. Kansas Bankers Surety Co. · 769 P.2d 1184

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