Hartford Casualty Insurance v. Swift Distribution, Inc.

Decided June 12, 2014. Goodwin Hon Liu wrote the opinion for the court.

59 Cal. 4th 277 · Cited 190 times

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• Blatty v. New York Times Co. · 728 P.2d 1177
• Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America v. Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. · 207 Cal. App. 4th 969
• Total Call International, Inc. v. Perless Insurance · 181 Cal. App. 4th 161
• Nichols v. Great American Ins. Companies · 169 Cal. App. 3d 766
• Waller v. Truck Insurance Exchange, Inc. · 900 P.2d 619
• Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Superior Court · 861 P.2d 1153
• Erlich v. Etner · 224 Cal. App. 2d 69
• E. Piphany, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. · 590 F. Supp. 2d 1244
• Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co. · 419 P.2d 168
• Bank of the West v. Superior Court · 833 P.2d 545
• AIU Insurance v. Superior Court · 799 P.2d 1253
• Buss v. Superior Court · 16 Cal. 4th 35
• Horace Mann Ins. Co. v. Barbara B. · 846 P.2d 792
• Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County · 16 P.3d 94
• Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. MV TRANSP. · 115 P.3d 460
• Ringler Associates Inc. v. Maryland Casualty Co. · 96 Cal. Rptr. 2d 136
• Delgado v. Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club of Southern California · 47 Cal. 4th 302
• Consumer Advocates v. Echostar Satellite Corp. · 8 Cal. Rptr. 3d 22
• Atlantic Mutual Insurance v. J. Lamb, Inc. · 123 Cal. Rptr. 2d 256
• Polygram Records, Inc. v. Superior Court · 170 Cal. App. 3d 543
• Swain v. California Casualty Insurance Co. · 120 Cal. Rptr. 2d 808
• Hofmann Co. v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 202 Cal. App. 3d 390
• Maxconn Inc. v. Truck Insurance Exchange · 88 Cal. Rptr. 2d 750
• Hill v. Allan · 259 Cal. App. 2d 470
• Michael Taylor Designs, Inc. v. Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America · 761 F. Supp. 2d 904

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• Pittsburg Unified School District v. S.J. Amoroso Construction Co. · 232 Cal. App. 4th 808
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