DeFord v. National Life & Accident Ins.

Decided February 3, 1945. Alexander Wilds Chambliss wrote the opinion for the court.

185 S.W.2d 617 · Cited 71 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.

• Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hilton-Green · 241 U.S. 613
• Alfred v. Bankers' Shippers' Ins. Co. · 68 S.W.2d 941
• Cooley v. East & West Insurance · 61 S.W.2d 656
• Dickens v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. · 95 S.W.2d 910

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• Alan Howard Peters v. Casey Burgess · 416 S.W.3d 394
• Industrial Life & Health Ins. v. Trinkle · 206 S.W.2d 414
• American General Life Insurance Co. v. Gilbert · 595 S.W.2d 83
• Webber v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 49 S.W.3d 265
• Beasley v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. · 229 S.W.2d 146
• Joseph Davis v. Patrick J. McGuigan - Dissenting · 325 S.W.3d 149
• Pyburn v. Bill Heard Chevrolet · 63 S.W.3d 351
• Randall D. Kiser v. Ian J. Wolfe · 353 S.W.3d 741
• Stooksbury v. American National Property & Casualty Co. · 126 S.W.3d 505
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Condict · 417 F. Supp. 63
• Burge Ice MacHine Company v. Strother · 273 S.W.2d 479
• Vulcan Life & Accident Insurance Company v. Segars · 391 S.W.2d 393
• Foster v. Esis, Inc. · 563 S.W.2d 180
• Tennessee Farmers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Farrar · 337 S.W.3d 829
• Reynolds v. Massachusetts Casualty Insurance · 900 F. Supp. 915
• Moore v. New Amsterdam Casualty Insurance Company · 199 F. Supp. 941
• Hale v. AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY CORP. · 461 S.W.2d 384
• Western Mutual Insurance Company v. Wood · 70 N.W.2d 563
• Wilson v. State Farm Fire & Casualty, Co. · 799 F. Supp. 2d 829
• Allstate Insurance v. Fitzgerald · 743 F. Supp. 539
• Acuity Mutual Insurance v. Frye · 699 F. Supp. 2d 975
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