Hinton v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America

Decided April 8, 1940. Claude V. Spratley wrote the opinion for the court.

175 Va. 205 · Cited 56 times

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• Brower v. Employers' Liability Assurance Co. · 177 A. 826
• Tomasetti v. Maryland Casualty Co. · 169 A. 54
• Union Trust Corp. v. Fugate · 172 Va. 82
• Union Indemnity Co. v. Small · 154 Va. 458
• Ryan v. Maryland Casualty Co. · 173 Va. 57
• Ellis v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co. · 169 Va. 620

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• Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Appalachian Power Co. · 321 S.E.2d 84
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Cook · 186 Va. 658
• Norris v. Pacific Indemnity Co. · 39 Cal. 2d 420
• Robinson v. Fidelity & Cas. Co. of NY · 190 Va. 368
• Travelers Indemnity Company v. Hudson · 488 P.2d 1008
• Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Tiller · 189 Va. 544
• Alfa Mutual Insurance Co. v. Small · 829 So. 2d 743
• Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Peach · 193 Va. 260
• Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America · 186 Va. 204
• Bankers & Shippers Insurance Co. of New York v. Watson · 216 Va. 807
• Adkins v. Inland Mutual Insurance · 20 S.E.2d 471
• Comess v. Norfolk General Hospital, Inc. · 189 Va. 229
• Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Venable · 194 Va. 357
• Crenshaw v. Harleysville Mutual Casualty Co. · 144 S.E.2d 810
• American Family Insurance Group v. Howe · 584 F. Supp. 369
• Ohio Casualty Insurance v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance · 238 F. Supp. 706
• Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Government Employees Insurance · 240 So. 2d 664
• Coureas v. Allstate Insurance · 198 Va. 77
• International Serv. Ins. Co. v. Iowa Nat. Mut. Ins. Co. · 172 S.E.2d 55
• Hodge v. LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY · 123 S.E.2d 372
• Sunshine Mutual Insurance Co. v. Mai · 169 F. Supp. 702
• Pharr v. Beverly · 530 So. 2d 808
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Shanklin · 197 F. Supp. 2d 1338
• Booker v. Old Dominion Land Co. · 188 Va. 143
• Hawley v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America · 126 S.E.2d 161

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