State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Hughes v. Potomac Insurance

Decided January 18, 1962. Daniel R. Shoemaker wrote the opinion for the court.

199 Cal. App. 2d 239 · Cited 73 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.

Pfeiffer v. General Insurance Corporation · 185 F. Supp. 605
Foley v. Manufacturers & Builders' Fire Insurance · 46 N.E. 318
Wildman v. Government Employees Insurance Co. · 48 Cal. 2d 31
Glens Falls Insurance v. Sterling · 148 A.2d 453

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Jefferson Insurance of New York v. Superior Court · 475 P.2d 880
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Safeco Insurance v. Sharma · 160 Cal. App. 3d 1060
Lewis Food Co. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance · 207 Cal. App. 2d 515
La Bato v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 215 Cal. App. 3d 336
Ward Gen. Ins. Ser. v. Employ. Fire Ins. · 7 Cal. Rptr. 3d 844
Garvey v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 770 P.2d 704
Sentinel Management Co. v. New Hampshire Insurance Co. · 563 N.W.2d 296
Western Fire Insurance v. First Presbyterian Church · 437 P.2d 52
Textron Financial Corp. v. National Union Fire Insurance · 13 Cal. Rptr. 3d 586
Doan v. State Farm General Insurance · 195 Cal. App. 4th 1082
Kintzel v. Wheatland Mutual Insurance Ass'n · 203 N.W.2d 799
Figi v. New Hampshire Insurance · 108 Cal. App. 3d 772
Cheeks v. California Fair Plan Assn. · 61 Cal. App. 4th 423
Gustafson v. Central Iowa Mutual Insurance Ass'n · 277 N.W.2d 609
National Fire Insurance v. Solomon · 638 P.2d 1259

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