State Court of Appeals / Ind. Ct. App.

Ely v. State Farm Ins.

Decided April 15, 1971. Patrick D. Sullivan wrote the opinion for the court.

268 N.E.2d 316 · Cited 56 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.

Page v. Insurance Co. of North America · 256 Cal. App. 2d 374
Inter-Insurance Exchange of Automobile Club v. Lopez · 238 Cal. App. 2d 441
Amidzich v. Charter Oak Fire Insurance · 170 N.W.2d 813
Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corp. v. Eisenberg · 18 N.Y.2d 1
Coker Ex Rel. Estate of Coker v. Nationwide Insurance · 161 S.E.2d 175
Smith v. Allstate Insurance Company · 456 S.W.2d 654

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Utica Mutual Insurance v. Ueding · 370 N.E.2d 373
Simpson v. Farmers Insurance · 592 P.2d 445
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Hammon v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Idaho · 707 P.2d 397
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Grace v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 246 N.W.2d 874
Connell v. American Underwriters, Inc. · 453 N.E.2d 1028
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Ackerman · 280 N.E.2d 332
Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh v. Binker · 665 F. Supp. 35
Mayfield v. Allied Mutual Insurance · 436 N.W.2d 164
Rohret v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 276 N.W.2d 418
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