State Supreme Court / Ala.

Higgins v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company

Decided August 30, 1973. Daniel T. McCall Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

282 So. 2d 301 · Cited 65 times

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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.

Lammers v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 261 So. 2d 757
Safeco Insurance Co. of America v. Jones · 243 So. 2d 736
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Cahoon · 252 So. 2d 619
Hendricks v. Meritplan Insurance · 205 Cal. App. 2d 133
Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Williams · 167 S.E.2d 174
Ampy v. Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Co. of New York · 105 S.E.2d 839
Gulf American Fire & Casualty Company v. Gowan · 218 So. 2d 688
Page v. Insurance Co. of North America · 256 Cal. App. 2d 374
Rose v. Travelers Indemnity Co. · 209 Va. 755
Jones v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Co. · 163 S.E.2d 306
Brown v. Progressive Mutual Insurance Company · 249 So. 2d 429
Indiana Insurance v. Noble Ex Rel. Jordan · 265 N.E.2d 419
Travelers Indemnity Company v. Powell · 206 So. 2d 244
Standard Accident Insurance Company v. Gavin · 184 So. 2d 229
Allison v. Imperial Casualty and Indemnity Co. · 222 So. 2d 254
Lammers v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 261 So. 2d 766
Progressive Mutual Insurance Co. v. Brown · 229 So. 2d 645

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