Hobbs v. Hartford Ins. Co. of the Midwest

Decided January 21, 2005. Thomas R. Fitzgerald wrote the opinion for the court.

823 N.E.2d 561 · Cited 331 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.

• Bruder v. Country Mutual Insurance · 620 N.E.2d 355
• Grzeszczak v. Illinois Farmers Insurance · 659 N.E.2d 952
• American States Insurance v. Koloms · 687 N.E.2d 72
• Zurich Insurance Co. v. Raymark Industries, Inc. · 514 N.E.2d 150
• Menke v. Country Mutual Insurance Co. · 401 N.E.2d 539
• McKinney v. Allstate Insurance · 722 N.E.2d 1125
• John T. Dempsey Public Administrator v. National Life & Accident Insurance · 88 N.E.2d 874
• Striplin v. Allstate Insurance · 807 N.E.2d 1255

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