State Supreme Court / N.C.

Great American Insurance v. C. G. Tate Construction Co.

Decided July 8, 1981. Louis B. Meyer wrote the opinion for the court.

279 S.E.2d 769 · Cited 104 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.

Muncie v. Travelers Insurance Company · 116 S.E.2d 474
Cooper v. Government Employees Insurance · 237 A.2d 870
Fleming Ex Rel. Fleming v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance · 134 S.E.2d 614
Brakeman v. Potomac Insurance Co. · 371 A.2d 193
Henderson v. Rochester American Insurance Co. · 118 S.E.2d 885
Ball v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. · 172 S.E. 878
MacClure v. Accident & Casualty Insurance Co. · 49 S.E.2d 742
Pickering v. American Employers Insurance · 282 A.2d 584
Viani v. Aetna Insurance Company · 501 P.2d 706
Houran, Admr. v. Preferred Acc. Ins. Co. of N.Y. · 195 A. 253
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Cassinelli · 216 P.2d 606
Pawtucket Mutual Insurance v. Lebrecht · 104 N.H. 465
Rhyne v. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co. · 147 S.E. 6
Rose v. Regan · 181 N.E.2d 796
Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Manson · 54 A.2d 580
Leytem v. Fireman's Fund Indemnity Company · 85 N.W.2d 921
Williams v. Cass-Crow Wing Cooperative Assn. · 28 N.W.2d 646
Woodell v. Ætna Life Insurance · 199 S.E. 719
Mewborn v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. · 150 S.E. 887
First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. v. Northwestern Insurance · 261 S.E.2d 242
Taylor v. Royal Globe Insurance · 240 S.E.2d 497
Frederick v. John Wood Co. · 263 Minn. 101
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Milam · 438 F. Supp. 227
Bituminous Casualty Corporation v. JB Forrest & Sons, Inc. · 212 S.E.2d 497
Johnson Controls, Inc. v. Bowes · 409 N.E.2d 185

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Great American Insurance v. C. G. Tate Construction Co. · 340 S.E.2d 743
South Carolina Insurance v. Hallmark Enterprises, Inc. · 364 S.E.2d 678
Silvers v. Horace Mann Insurance · 378 S.E.2d 21
Fortress Re, Inc. v. Central National Insurance · 595 F. Supp. 334
Great American Insurance v. C. G. Tate Construction Co. · 328 S.E.2d 891
Smith v. North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance · 361 S.E.2d 571
Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 470 S.E.2d 556
Kubit v. MAG Mutual Insurance · 708 S.E.2d 138
Digh v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance · 654 S.E.2d 37
Smith v. North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. · 351 S.E.2d 774
Alcazar v. Hayes · 982 S.W.2d 845
Kimbrell v. Roberts · 650 S.E.2d 444
Duke University v. St. Paul Mercury Insurance · 384 S.E.2d 36
Wm. C. Vick Construction Co. v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance · 52 F. Supp. 2d 569
Parrish v. Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance · 369 S.E.2d 644
Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Pennington · 573 S.E.2d 118
Prince George's County v. Local Government Insurance Trust · 879 A.2d 81
City of Fort Pierre v. United Fire & Casualty Co. · 463 N.W.2d 845
Silvers v. Horace Mann Insurance · 367 S.E.2d 372
Hoffman v. Great American Alliance Insurance · 601 S.E.2d 908
Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Pennington · 141 N.C. App. 495
Rinehart v. Hartford Casualty Insurance · 371 S.E.2d 788
Jefferson Ins. Co. of New York v. Fortress Re, Inc. · 616 F. Supp. 874
Wilkie v. Auto-Owners Insurance · 664 N.W.2d 776
Unum Life Insurance Co. of America v. Ward · 526 U.S. 358

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