State Supreme Court / Mich.

LeBlanc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Decided February 3, 1981. James Leo Ryan wrote the opinion for the court.

301 N.W.2d 775 · Cited 76 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.

Witherspoon v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance · 548 P.2d 302
O'Donnell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 273 N.W.2d 829
Mathis v. Interstate Motor Freight System · 289 N.W.2d 708
Workman v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange · 274 N.W.2d 373
BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF MICH. v. Insurance Comm'r · 270 N.W.2d 845
Mathews v. Diaz · 426 U.S. 67
Boyer-Campbell Co. v. Fry · 260 N.W. 165
Aikens v. Department of Conservation · 198 N.W.2d 304
D'ANGELO v. Cornell Paperboard Products Co. · 207 N.W.2d 846
Pollock v. Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance · 261 N.W.2d 554
Hawkins v. Auto-Owners Insurance · 268 N.W.2d 534
Smart v. Citizens Mutual Insurance · 268 N.W.2d 273
Wysocki v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange · 258 N.W.2d 561
Greene v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 268 N.W.2d 703
Wolford v. Travelers Insurance · 285 N.W.2d 383
Porter v. Michigan Mutual Liability Co. · 293 N.W.2d 799
Advisory Opinion Re Constitutionality of 1972 PA 294 · 1972 PA 294
Black v. American Bankers Insurance Company · 478 S.W.2d 434
State ex rel. Hardesty v. Aracoma—Chief Logan No. 4523 · 147 W. Va. 645
Freimuth v. Glens Falls Insurance · 314 P.2d 468
American Medical Association v. Weinberger · 395 F. Supp. 515
Wojtkowski v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. · 556 P.2d 798

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Johnston v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange · 333 N.W.2d 517
Morgan v. Citizens Insurance Co. of America · 442 N.W.2d 626
Auto Club Ins. Ass'n v. Frederick & Herrud, Inc. · 377 N.W.2d 902
Thompson v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange · 107 Mich. App. 256
Auto-Owners Insurance v. Perry · 566 N.W.2d 10
Calhoun v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n · 441 N.W.2d 54
JOHN HANCOCK PROPERTY AND CAS. INS. CO. v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan · 471 N.W.2d 541
Auto Club Ins. Ass'n v. Mutual Sav. and Loan Ass'n · 672 F. Supp. 997
Smith v. Physicians Health Plan, Inc. · 196 Mich. App. 617
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Michigan Catastrophic Claims Ass'n · 484 Mich. 1
Tebo v. Havlik · 343 N.W.2d 181
Tousignant v. Allstate Insurance · 506 N.W.2d 844
Auto Club Insurance v. New York Life Insurance · 485 N.W.2d 695
Bombalski v. Auto Club Insurance · 637 N.W.2d 251
Nash v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange · 327 N.W.2d 521
Dean v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n · 362 N.W.2d 247

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