Fields v. Blue Shield of California

Decided January 11, 1985. Robert O. Staniforth wrote the opinion for the court.

163 Cal. App. 3d 570 · Cited 60 times

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• Madden v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · 552 P.2d 1178
• Beynon v. Garden Grove Medical Group · 100 Cal. App. 3d 698
• Panopulos v. Maderis · 47 Cal. 2d 337
• Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co. · 419 P.2d 168
• Myers v. Kitsap Physicians Service · 474 P.2d 109
• Ponder v. Blue Cross of Southern California · 145 Cal. App. 3d 709
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. State Board of Equalization · 652 P.2d 426
• Marsango v. Automobile Club of Southern California · 1 Cal. App. 3d 688
• Tunkl v. Regents of University of California · 383 P.2d 441
• Steven v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. · 377 P.2d 284
• Wheeler v. St. Joseph Hospital · 63 Cal. App. 3d 345
• Danzig v. Dikman · 78 A.D.2d 303
• Jones v. Crown Life Insurance · 86 Cal. App. 3d 630
• Sorensen v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 56 Cal. App. 3d 328
• Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · 463 U.S. 85
• Silberg v. California Life Insurance · 521 P.2d 1103
• Weaver v. American Oil Company · 276 N.E.2d 144
• Elfstrom v. New York Life Insurance · 67 Cal. 2d 503
• Mattis v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 454 N.E.2d 1156
• Miller v. Elite Insurance · 100 Cal. App. 3d 739
• Burdette v. Rollefson Construction Co. · 344 P.2d 307
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Richmond · 76 Cal. App. 3d 645
• Schmidt v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance · 268 Cal. App. 2d 735
• Dawes Mining Co. v. Callahan · 272 S.E.2d 267
• Logan v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance · 41 Cal. App. 3d 988

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