Ladas v. California State Automobile Ass'n

Decided October 22, 1993. Jerome A. Smith wrote the opinion for the court.

19 Cal. App. 4th 761 · Cited 174 times

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• Richards v. Oliver · 162 Cal. App. 2d 548
• Foley v. Interactive Data Corp. · 765 P.2d 373
• Toussaint v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield · 292 N.W.2d 880
• California Lettuce Growers, Inc. v. Union Sugar Co. · 45 Cal. 2d 474
• Dumas v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n · 473 N.W.2d 652
• Belair v. Riverside County Flood Control District · 764 P.2d 1070
• Hogan v. Ingold · 243 P.2d 1
• Melnyk v. Robledo · 64 Cal. App. 3d 618
• Oak Grove School District v. City Title Insurance · 217 Cal. App. 2d 678
• Ellis v. Klaff · 216 P.2d 15
• Ersa Grae Corp. v. Fluor Corp. · 1 Cal. App. 4th 613
• United Pacific Insurance v. Hanover Insurance · 217 Cal. App. 3d 925
• Lukoski v. Sandia Indian Management Co. · 748 P.2d 507
• Robinson & Wilson, Inc. v. Stone · 35 Cal. App. 3d 396
• Van De Kamp v. Gumbiner · 221 Cal. App. 3d 1260
• Parker v. City of Los Angeles · 44 Cal. App. 3d 556
• Lubetzky v. Friedman · 228 Cal. App. 3d 35
• Mutz v. Wallace · 214 Cal. App. 2d 100
• Engstrom v. John Nuveen & Co., Inc. · 668 F. Supp. 953
• Broderick v. Catholic University of America · 365 F. Supp. 147

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