Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Maryland Casualty Co.

Decided July 31, 1998. William R. McGuiness wrote the opinion for the court.

65 Cal. App. 4th 1279 · Cited 275 times

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• Continental Casualty Co. v. Zurich Insurance · 57 Cal. 2d 27
• Signal Companies, Inc. v. Harbor Ins. Co. · 612 P.2d 889
• Patent Scaffolding Co. v. William Simpson Construction Co. · 256 Cal. App. 2d 506
• Fire Insurance Exchange v. American States Insurance · 39 Cal. App. 4th 653
• Caito v. United California Bank · 576 P.2d 466
• Truck Ins. Exch. v. Superior Court of L.A. Cty. · 60 Cal. App. 4th 342
• Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Wilshire Film Ventures, Inc. · 52 Cal. App. 4th 553
• Auto Equity Sales, Inc. v. Superior Court · 57 Cal. 2d 450
• Ginns v. Savage · 61 Cal. 2d 520
• Golden Eagle Insurance v. Foremost Insurance · 20 Cal. App. 4th 1372
• Campbell v. Allstate Ins. Co. · 384 P.2d 155
• Argonaut Insurance v. Transport Indemnity Co. · 492 P.2d 673
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Nationwide Insurance · 76 Cal. Rptr. 2d 113
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Cooperative of American Physicians, Inc. · 163 Cal. App. 3d 199
• Fireman's Fund Indemnity Co. v. State Compensation Insurance Fund · 93 Cal. App. 2d 408
• Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Admiral Insurance · 897 P.2d 1
• Armstrong World Industries, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 45 Cal. App. 4th 1
• Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Maryland Casualty Co. · 21 Cal. App. 4th 1586
• Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Sequoia Insurance · 211 Cal. App. 3d 1285
• Transit Casualty Co. v. Spink Corp. · 94 Cal. App. 3d 124
• United Steelworkers of America v. Board of Education · 162 Cal. App. 3d 823
• Nabisco, Inc. v. Transport Indemnity Co. · 143 Cal. App. 3d 831
• Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance v. Auto Spring Supply Co. · 59 Cal. App. 3d 860
• California Food Service Corp. v. Great American Insurance · 130 Cal. App. 3d 892
• Truck Insurance Exchange v. Torres · 193 Cal. App. 2d 483

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• EMPLOYERS INS. CO. v. Travelers Indem. · 46 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1
• Employers Insurance of Wausau v. Travelers Indemnity Co. · 141 Cal. App. 4th 398
• Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. v. American International Surplus Lines Insurance · 465 F. Supp. 2d 1005
• Crowley Maritime v. Boston Old Colony Ins. · 70 Cal. Rptr. 3d 605
• Hartford Casualty Insurance v. Travelers Indemnity Co. · 2 Cal. Rptr. 3d 18
• Centennial Ins. Co. v. US Fire Ins. Co. · 105 Cal. Rptr. 2d 559
• Travelers Cas. and Sur. v. Century Sur. · 13 Cal. Rptr. 3d 526
• American States Insurance v. National Fire Insurance · 202 Cal. App. 4th 692
• AM. CONTINENTAL INS. v. Am. Cas. Co. · 86 Cal. Rptr. 2d 560
• Housing Group v. Gerling America Ins. Co., Inc. · 107 F. Supp. 2d 1185
• Progressive Insurance v. Universal Casualty Co. · 807 N.E.2d 577
• USF Insurance v. Clarendon America Insurance · 452 F. Supp. 2d 972
• American Continental Insurance v. American Casualty Co. of Reading, PA. · 73 Cal. App. 4th 508
• Transcontinental Insurance v. Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania · 56 Cal. Rptr. 3d 491
• Centennial Insurance v. United States Fire Insurance · 88 Cal. App. 4th 105
• Crowley Maritime Corp. v. Boston Old Colony Ins. · 158 Cal. App. 4th 1061
• Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. v. Century Surety Co. · 118 Cal. App. 4th 1156
• Potomac Insurance v. Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Ass'n · 215 N.J. 409
• Mutual of Enumclaw Ins. Co. v. USF Ins. Co. · 191 P.3d 866
• Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Bellefonte Insurance · 95 Cal. Rptr. 2d 911
• Heartland Payment Systems, LLC v. Utica Mutual Insurance Co. · 185 S.W.3d 225
• Ace American Insurance Co. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. · 2 Cal. App. 5th 159
• Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance v. USF Insurance · 164 Wash. 2d 411
• North American Capacity Insurance v. Claremont Liability Insurance · 177 Cal. App. 4th 272
• Carmel Development Co. v. RLI Insurance · 24 Cal. Rptr. 3d 588

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