State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Jenkins v. J. C. Penney Casualty Ins.

Decided July 14, 1981. Thomas B. Miller wrote the opinion for the court.

280 S.E.2d 252 · Cited 165 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Hurley v. Allied Chemical Corp. · 262 S.E.2d 757
Royal Globe Insurance v. Superior Court · 592 P.2d 329
Barniak v. Grossman · 93 S.E.2d 49
Costello v. City of Wheeling · 145 W. Va. 455
Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66
Kelsay v. Motorola, Inc. · 384 N.E.2d 353
Pompey v. General Motors Corp. · 189 N.W.2d 243
Sellinger v. Freeway Mobile Home Sales, Inc. · 521 P.2d 1119
Farris v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 587 P.2d 1015
Coffindaffer v. Coffindaffer · 244 S.E.2d 338
Browning v. Slenderella Systems of Seattle · 341 P.2d 859
Cooper v. Nutley Sun Printing Co., Inc. · 175 A.2d 639
Wetherton v. Growers Farm Labor Assn. · 275 Cal. App. 2d 168
Pitzer v. M. D. Tomkies & Sons · 67 S.E.2d 437
Flanagan v. Mott · 114 S.E.2d 331
Wright v. Davis · 53 S.E.2d 335
Scott v. Hoosier Engineering Co. · 185 S.E. 553
Steiner v. Muldrew · 173 S.E. 891
Bradley v. Appalachian Power Co. · 256 S.E.2d 879
First SEC. Bank of Bozeman v. Goddard · 593 P.2d 1040
Leftwich v. Wesco Corp. · 146 W. Va. 196
Leftwich v. Wesco Corporation · 119 S.E.2d 401
Kanawha Eagle Coal, LLC v. Tax Commissioner · 609 S.E.2d 877

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State Ex Rel. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Madden · 451 S.E.2d 721
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United Steelworkers of America v. Tri-State Greyhound Park · 364 S.E.2d 257
Robinson v. Continental Casualty Co. · 406 S.E.2d 470
Morton v. Amos-Lee Securities, Inc. · 466 S.E.2d 542
Maher v. Continental Casualty Co. · 852 F. Supp. 507
Berry v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance · 381 S.E.2d 367
Jordache Enterprises, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance · 513 S.E.2d 692
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