Hofeld v. Nationwide Life Insurance

Decided January 21, 1975. Charles H. Davis wrote the opinion for the court.

322 N.E.2d 454 · Cited 134 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.

• Boseman v. Connecticut General Life Insurance · 301 U.S. 196
• Detroit Greyhound Employees Federal Credit Union v. Aetna Life Insurance · 151 N.W.2d 852
• Williams v. American Casualty Co. of Reading, Pennsylvania · 491 P.2d 398
• Detroit Greyhound Employees Federal Credit Union v. Aetna Life Insurance · 167 N.W.2d 274
• Reighley v. Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. · 61 N.E.2d 29
• People Ex Rel. Goodman v. Wabash Railroad · 70 N.E.2d 718
• Nelson v. Aetna Life Insurance Company · 359 F. Supp. 271
• Parks v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America · 103 F. Supp. 493

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• Mt. Carmel Soc. v. NAT. BEN FRANK. INS. · 643 N.E.2d 1280
• Bain v. BENEFIT TRUST LIFE INSUR. CO. · 463 N.E.2d 1082
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• Diamond State Insurance v. Chester-Jensen Co. · 611 N.E.2d 1083
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• Chilton Air Cooled Engines, Inc. v. Omark Industries, Inc. · 721 F. Supp. 151
• Belleville Toyota, Inc. v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. · 770 N.E.2d 177
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• Emerson Electric Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 743 N.E.2d 629
• Zurich Insurance v. Sunclipse, Inc. · 85 F. Supp. 2d 842
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• Hallmark Insurance Administrators, Inc. v. Colonial Penn Life Insurance · 697 F. Supp. 319
• Newman-Green, Inc. v. Alfonzo-Larrain R. · 605 F. Supp. 793

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