Farris v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

Decided December 5, 1978. University of California-Berkeley Lent wrote the opinion for the court.

587 P.2d 1015 · Cited 91 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.

• Santilli v. State Farm Life Insurance · 562 P.2d 965
• Radcliffe v. Franklin National Insurance · 298 P.2d 1002
• Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance · 510 P.2d 1032
• Fletcher v. Western National Life Insurance · 10 Cal. App. 3d 376
• Silberg v. California Life Insurance · 521 P.2d 1103
• Farris v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. · 542 P.2d 1031
• Gedeon v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 410 Pa. 55
• Casey v. Northwestern Security Insurance Company · 491 P.2d 208
• Eastham v. Oregon Automobile Insurance Company · 540 P.2d 364
• Crisci v. Security Insurance · 66 Cal. 2d 425
• Blohm v. Glens Falls Insurance · 373 P.2d 412
• Perkoski v. Wilson · 371 Pa. 553
• Roshak v. Leathers · 560 P.2d 275
• Butler v. United Pacific Insurance Co. · 509 P.2d 1184
• Kuzmanich v. United Fire & Casualty Co. · 410 P.2d 812

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