Egan v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance

Decided August 14, 1979. Frank K. Richardson wrote the opinion for the court.

598 P.2d 452 · Cited 544 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.

• Neal v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 582 P.2d 980
• Silberg v. California Life Insurance · 521 P.2d 1103
• Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance · 510 P.2d 1032
• Comunale v. Traders & General Insurance · 50 Cal. 2d 654
• Ferraro v. Pacific Finance Corp. · 8 Cal. App. 3d 339
• Crisci v. Security Insurance · 66 Cal. 2d 425
• Toole v. Richardson-Merrell Inc. · 251 Cal. App. 2d 689
• Bertero v. National General Corp. · 529 P.2d 608
• Fletcher v. Western National Life Insurance · 10 Cal. App. 3d 376
• Johansen v. California State Automobile Ass'n Inter-Insurance Bureau · 538 P.2d 744
• Gombos v. Ashe · 158 Cal. App. 2d 517
• Merlo v. Standard Life & Accident Insurance · 59 Cal. App. 3d 5
• Erreca v. Western States Life Insurance · 19 Cal. 2d 388
• Beck v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 54 Cal. App. 3d 347
• Davis v. LOCAL UNION NO. 11, INTERNAT. · 16 Cal. App. 3d 686
• Murphy v. Allstate Insurance · 553 P.2d 584
• Borer v. American Airlines, Inc. · 563 P.2d 858
• Kuchta v. Allied Builders Corp. · 21 Cal. App. 3d 541
• Ward v. Taggart · 51 Cal. 2d 736
• Davis v. Hearst · 116 P. 530
• Brewer v. Second Baptist Church · 32 Cal. 2d 791
• Austero v. National Casualty Co. of Detroit · 84 Cal. App. 3d 1
• Wolfsen v. Hathaway · 32 Cal. 2d 632
• Deevy v. Tassi · 21 Cal. 2d 109
• Ebaugh v. Rabkin · 22 Cal. App. 3d 891

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• Best Place, Inc. v. Penn America Insurance Co. · 920 P.2d 334
• Wallis v. Superior Court · 160 Cal. App. 3d 1109
• McCormick v. Sentinel Life Insurance · 153 Cal. App. 3d 1030
• Washington v. Group Hospitalization, Inc. · 585 F. Supp. 517
• Merrick v. Paul Revere Life Insurance · 594 F. Supp. 2d 1168
• College Hospital, Inc. v. Superior Court · 882 P.2d 894
• Seaman's Direct Buying Service, Inc. v. Standard Oil Co. · 686 P.2d 1158
• Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Co. · 119 Cal. App. 3d 757
• Frommoethelydo v. Fire Insurance Exchange · 721 P.2d 41
• Moore v. American United Life Insurance · 150 Cal. App. 3d 610
• Security Officers Service, Inc. v. State Compensation Insurance Fund · 17 Cal. App. 4th 887
• Careau & Co. v. Security Pacific Business Credit, Inc. · 222 Cal. App. 3d 1371
• Love v. Fire Insurance Exchange · 221 Cal. App. 3d 1136
• White v. Unigard Mutual Insurance · 730 P.2d 1014
• Downey Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Ohio Casualty Insurance · 189 Cal. App. 3d 1072

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