State Supreme Court / Mich.

Dumas v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n

Decided August 2, 1991. Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick Boyle wrote the opinion for the court.

473 N.W.2d 652 · Cited 138 times

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Toussaint v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield · 292 N.W.2d 880
Rowe v. Montgomery Ward & Co. · 473 N.W.2d 268
Bullock v. Auto. Club of Mich. · 444 N.W.2d 114
In Re Certified Question · 443 N.W.2d 112
City of Lansing v. Township of Lansing · 97 N.W.2d 804
Ordon v. Johnson · 77 N.W.2d 377
Thompson v. Burr · 490 P.2d 157
Bankey v. Storer Broadcasting Co. · 432 Mich. 438
McCART v. J WALTER THOMPSON USA, INC · 469 N.W.2d 284
Cain v. Allen Electric & Equipment Co. · 78 N.W.2d 296
Goldman v. Century Insurance · 93 N.W.2d 240
Cassidy v. Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corp. · 280 N.W. 814
Fothergill v. McKay Press · 106 N.W.2d 215
Weiner v. McGraw-Hill, Inc. · 57 N.Y.2d 458
White Lighting Co. v. Wolfson · 68 Cal. 2d 336
Hall v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 713 P.2d 1027
Stevenson v. Brotherhoods Mutual Benefit · 27 N.W.2d 104
Lawton v. Contract Purchase Corp. · 299 N.W. 777
Wood v. . Duff-Gordon · 118 N.E. 214
Fortune v. National Cash Register Co. · 364 N.E.2d 1251
Miller v. Riata Cadillac Company · 517 S.W.2d 773
Onderdonk v. Presbyterian Homes of NJ · 425 A.2d 1057
Valentine v. General American Credit, Inc · 362 N.W.2d 628
Morris Cohon & Co. v. Russell · 23 N.Y.2d 569
Opdyke Investment v. NORRIS GRAIN COMPANY · 320 N.W.2d 836

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