State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Findley v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Decided January 6, 2003. Larry Starcher wrote the opinion for the court.

576 S.E.2d 807 · Cited 140 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Mitchell v. Broadnax · 537 S.E.2d 882
Deel v. Sweeney · 383 S.E.2d 92
Thomas v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance · 425 S.E.2d 595
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Federal Insurance Co. of New York · 133 S.E.2d 770
Alexander v. State Automobile Mutual Insurance · 415 S.E.2d 618
Chrystal R.M. v. Charlie A.L. · 459 S.E.2d 415
Appalachian Power Co. v. State Tax Department · 466 S.E.2d 424
Bradley v. Appalachian Power Co. · 256 S.E.2d 879
Public Citizen, Inc. v. First National Bank in Fairmont · 480 S.E.2d 538
Payne v. Weston · 466 S.E.2d 161
State Automobile Mutual Insurance v. Youler · 396 S.E.2d 737
Conley v. Workers' Compensation Division · 483 S.E.2d 542
Wilfong v. Wilfong · 197 S.E.2d 96
Loveless v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · 184 S.E.2d 127
Smith v. West Virginia Division of Rehabilitative Services · 540 S.E.2d 152
Catlin v. United States · 324 U.S. 229
International Primate Protection League v. Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund · 500 U.S. 72
Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Co. v. Mississippi · 133 U.S. 587
Shobe v. Latimer · 253 S.E.2d 54
Painter v. Peavy · 451 S.E.2d 755
State v. Epperly · 65 S.E.2d 488
Martin v. Randolph County Board of Education · 465 S.E.2d 399
United States v. Claflin · 97 U.S. 546
Horace Mann Insurance v. Leeber · 376 S.E.2d 581
Kincaid v. Mangum · 432 S.E.2d 74

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Deputy J.K. Maston v. Thomas Jefferson Wagner · 236 W. Va. 488
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Calvert v. Scharf · 619 S.E.2d 197
American States Insurance v. Barbara Surbaugh · 231 W. Va. 288
SER Patrick Morrisey, Attorney General v. W. Va. Ofc. of Disciplinary Counsel, etc. · 234 W. Va. 238
W. Va. State Police, Corporal R.D. Eshbaugh v. Victoria Hughes, Administratrix · 238 W. Va. 406
White v. Wyeth · 705 S.E.2d 828
Elk Run Coal Co. v. Canopius U.S. Insurance · 235 W. Va. 513
Cunningham v. Hill · 698 S.E.2d 944
Canal Insurance v. Sherman · 430 F. Supp. 2d 478
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Johnson Ex Rel. Estate of Johnson v. ACCEPTANCE INSURANCE COMPANY · 292 F. Supp. 2d 857
W. Va. Dept. of Transportation, DMV v. David King, Administrator of the Estate of Wilma Ann King · 238 W. Va. 369
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