DiMarzo v. American Mutual Insurance

Decided May 4, 1983. Francis Patrick O'Connor wrote the opinion for the court.

449 N.E.2d 1189 · Cited 170 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.

• Rose v. Regan · 181 N.E.2d 796
• Salonen v. Paanenen · 320 Mass. 568
• Phillips v. Stone · 297 Mass. 341
• Simon v. Solomon · 431 N.E.2d 556
• Linthicum v. Archambault · 398 N.E.2d 482
• Dodd v. Commercial Union Insurance · 365 N.E.2d 802
• Schubach v. Household Finance Corp. · 376 N.E.2d 140
• Raymer v. Bay State National Bank · 424 N.E.2d 515
• Polito v. Galluzzo · 149 N.E.2d 375
• International Fidelity Insurance v. Wilson · 443 N.E.2d 1308
• Imperiali v. Pica · 156 N.E.2d 44
• Sheehan v. Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Ass'n of America · 283 Mass. 543
• Peters v. Saulinier · 222 N.E.2d 871
• Allen v. Atlantic National Insurance · 214 N.E.2d 28
• Fortune v. National Cash Register Co. · 364 N.E.2d 1251
• Heller v. Silverbranch Construction Corp. · 382 N.E.2d 1065
• Back v. Wickes Corp. · 378 N.E.2d 964
• Lowell Gas Co. v. Attorney General · 385 N.E.2d 240
• Kohl v. Silver Lake Motors, Inc. · 343 N.E.2d 375
• Wingate v. Emery Air Freight Corp. · 432 N.E.2d 474
• Stewart v. Roy Bros. Inc. · 265 N.E.2d 357
• Turnpike Realty Co. v. Town of Dedham · 284 N.E.2d 891
• Luz v. Stop & Shop, Inc. of Peabody · 202 N.E.2d 771
• Murach v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance · 158 N.E.2d 338
• Cohen v. Santoianni · 112 N.E.2d 267

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• Scottsdale Insurance Company and Wells Trucking, Inc. v. Addison Insurance Company and United Fire & Casualty Company · 448 S.W.3d 818
• United Companies Lending Corp. v. Sargeant · 20 F. Supp. 2d 192
• Nichols v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith · 706 F. Supp. 1309
• Kerlinsky v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland · 690 F. Supp. 1112
• Colonial Insurance v. Barrett · 542 S.E.2d 869
• Therrien v. Resource Financial Group, Inc. · 704 F. Supp. 322
• Arthur D. Little International, Inc. v. Dooyang Corp. · 995 F. Supp. 217
• Whitney v. Continental Insurance · 595 F. Supp. 939
• Shapiro v. American Home Assurance Co. · 616 F. Supp. 906
• First State Insurance v. Utica Mutual Insurance · 870 F. Supp. 1168
• City of Newburyport v. Woodman · 79 Mass. App. Ct. 84
• FundQuest Inc. v. Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. · 715 F. Supp. 2d 202
• Clegg v. Butler · 424 Mass. 413

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