State Court of Appeals / Fla. Dist. Ct. App.

Goldman v. State Farm Fire Gen. Ins. Co.

Decided August 16, 1995. Leonard Rivkind wrote the opinion for the court.

660 So. 2d 300 · Cited 97 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.

Claflin v. Commonwealth Insurance · 110 U.S. 81
Landers v. Milton · 370 So. 2d 368
Bankers Ins. Co. v. MacIas · 475 So. 2d 1216
Watson v. National Surety Corp. of Chicago · 468 N.W.2d 448
Fineberg v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 438 S.E.2d 754
Wolverine Insurance v. Sorrough · 177 S.E.2d 819
State Ex Rel. Helseth v. Dubose · 128 So. 4
American Fire and Casualty Company v. Vliet · 4 So. 2d 862
Azeem v. Colonial Assurance Co. · 96 A.D.2d 123
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Snite · 143 So. 615
Thompson v. West Virginia Essential Property Insurance · 186 W. Va. 84
American Fire and Casualty Company v. Collura · 163 So. 2d 784
Ramos v. Northwestern Mutual Insurance Co. · 336 So. 2d 71
Austin v. State Ex Rel. Christian · 310 So. 2d 289
Tindall v. Allstate Ins. Co. · 472 So. 2d 1291
Farm Bureau Town & Country Insurance Co. v. Crain · 731 S.W.2d 866
Archie v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 813 F. Supp. 1208
Puckett v. State Farm General Insurance · 444 S.E.2d 523
McClain v. McDermott · 232 So. 2d 161
Ferrigno v. Yoder · 495 So. 2d 886
Reliance Insurance v. County Line Place, Inc. · 692 F. Supp. 694

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Haiman v. Federal Ins. Co. · 798 So. 2d 811
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Citizens Property Insurance Corp. v. Ifergane · 114 So. 3d 190
Wright v. Life Ins. Co. · 762 So. 2d 992
State Farm Florida Insurance Co. v. Figueroa · 218 So. 3d 886
El Dorado Towers Condominium Ass'n v. QBE Insurance · 717 F. Supp. 2d 1311
Sweeney v. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. · 43 So. 3d 842
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