Downs v. National Casualty Co.

Decided June 5, 1959. Samuel Mellitz wrote the opinion for the court.

146 Conn. 490 · Cited 88 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.

• Lyon v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 140 Conn. 304
• London & Lancashire Indemnity Co. of America v. Duryea · 143 Conn. 53
• Baydrop v. Second National Bank · 180 A. 469
• Lineberry v. Security Life & Trust Co. · 77 S.E.2d 652
• Bridge-Mile Shoe Corporation v. Liggett Drug Co. · 142 Conn. 313
• AMERICAN HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION v. Newcomb · 91 S.E.2d 447
• Wojcik v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 1 A.2d 131

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• Hammer v. Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Co. · 214 Conn. 573
• Sturman v. Socha · 191 Conn. 1
• Edo Corp. v. Newark Insurance · 878 F. Supp. 366
• Levine v. Massey · 232 Conn. 272
• A. M. Larson Co. v. Lawlor Insurance Agency, Inc. · 153 Conn. 618
• Downey v. Downey · 472 A.2d 1296
• Barnard v. Barnard · 214 Conn. 99
• Buell Industries, Inc. v. Greater New York Mutual Insurance · 259 Conn. 527
• Collins v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · 164 Conn. 369
• Lar-Rob Bus Corp. v. Town of Fairfield · 170 Conn. 397
• Schultz v. Hartford Fire Insurance · 213 Conn. 696
• Rumbin v. Utica Mutual Insurance · 254 Conn. 259
• Zullo v. Smith · 179 Conn. 596
• Marcolini v. Allstate Insurance · 160 Conn. 280
• Gottesman v. Aetna Insurance · 177 Conn. 631
• Burkle v. Car & Truck Leasing Co. · 467 A.2d 1255
• Griffith v. Security Insurance · 167 Conn. 450
• Bria v. St. Joseph's Hospital · 153 Conn. 626
• Milford Education Assn. v. Board of Education · 167 Conn. 513
• Leonard Concrete Pipe Co. v. C. W. Blakeslee & Sons, Inc. · 178 Conn. 594
• Ginsberg v. Mascia · 149 Conn. 502
• Slifkin v. Condec Corp. · 13 Conn. App. 538
• Thomas v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Idaho, Inc. · 353 P.2d 776
• Sweeny v. Sweeny · 9 Conn. App. 498
• Plunkett v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance · 150 Conn. 203

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