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Howell v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

Decided March 22, 1990. Betty Barry-Deal wrote the opinion for the court.

218 Cal. App. 3d 1446 · Cited 63 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.

Sabella v. Wisler · 377 P.2d 889
Garvey v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 770 P.2d 704
Brooks v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 27 Cal. 2d 305
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Martin · 668 F. Supp. 1379
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Partridge · 514 P.2d 123
Kelly v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America · 6 A.2d 55
Premier Insurance v. Welch · 140 Cal. App. 3d 720
Hanna v. Interstate Business Men's Accident Ass'n · 182 P. 771
Continental Casualty Co. v. Phoenix Construction Co. · 46 Cal. 2d 423
Leal v. Holy Spirit Ass'n for Unification of World Christianity · 762 P.2d 46
Villella v. Public Employees Mutual Insurance · 725 P.2d 957
Steele v. Totah · 180 Cal. App. 3d 545
People v. Bradley · 460 P.2d 129
Tomerlin v. Canadian Indemnity Co. · 61 Cal. 2d 638
National Insurance Underwriters v. Carter · 551 P.2d 362
Argonaut Insurance v. Transport Indemnity Co. · 492 P.2d 673
City of Santa Monica v. Royal Indemnity Co. · 320 P.2d 136
Graham v. Public Employees Mutual Insurance · 656 P.2d 1077
SAFECO INSURANCE CO. OF AM. v. Hirschmann · 773 P.2d 413
Brodkin v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 217 Cal. App. 3d 210
Edgerton & Sons, Inc. v. Minneapolis Fire & Marine Insurance · 142 Conn. 669
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. MacKenzie · 85 Cal. App. 3d 727

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Murray v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 509 S.E.2d 1
California Fair Plan Ass'n v. Garnes · 11 Cal. App. 5th 1276
Vardanyan v. AMCO Ins. Co. CA5 · 243 Cal. App. 4th 779
Palub v. Hartford Underwriters Insurance · 112 Cal. Rptr. 2d 270
Western National Mutual Insurance Co. v. University of North Dakota · 2002 ND 63
Assurance Co. of America, Inc. v. Jay-Mar, Inc. · 38 F. Supp. 2d 349
Alf v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 850 P.2d 1272
Reid v. Google, Inc. · 235 P.3d 988
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Bongen · 925 P.2d 1042
Coregis Insurance v. Camico Mutual Insurance · 959 F. Supp. 1213
Berry v. Commercial Union Ins. Companies · 876 F. Supp. 1148
Mock v. Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance · 4 Cal. App. 4th 306
Knight v. City of Capitola · 4 Cal. App. 4th 918
Millar v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 804 P.2d 822
Legarra v. Federated Mutual Insurance · 35 Cal. App. 4th 1472
Chadwick v. Fire Insurance Exchange · 17 Cal. App. 4th 1112
Krongos v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. · 7 Cal. App. 4th 387
Stimson v. Carlson · 11 Cal. App. 4th 1201
Walker v. Blue Cross of California · 4 Cal. App. 4th 985
Smith Kandal Real Estate v. Continental Casualty Co. · 79 Cal. Rptr. 2d 52
Pieper v. Commercial Underwriters Insurance · 59 Cal. App. 4th 1008
State ex rel. State Fire & Tornado Fund of the North Dakota Insurance Department · 694 N.W.2d 225
Hoffman v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 16 Cal. App. 4th 184

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