State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Light v. Allstate Insurance

Decided July 27, 1998. John F. McCuskey wrote the opinion for the court.

506 S.E.2d 64 · Cited 119 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.

State Ex Rel. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Madden · 451 S.E.2d 721
Reed v. Wimmer · 465 S.E.2d 199
Thompson v. West Virginia Essential Property Insurance · 186 W. Va. 84
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Kirby · 919 F. Supp. 939
Jenkins v. J. C. Penney Casualty Ins. · 280 S.E.2d 252
Gallapoo v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · 475 S.E.2d 172
Kincaid v. Mangum · 432 S.E.2d 74
Potesta v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 504 S.E.2d 135
McCormick v. Allstate Insurance · 475 S.E.2d 507
Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance v. Cox · 757 P.2d 499
Elmore v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 504 S.E.2d 893
Bennett v. Warner · 372 S.E.2d 920
Berry v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance · 381 S.E.2d 367
Bowman v. Barnes · 282 S.E.2d 613
Davis v. Robertson · 332 S.E.2d 819
King v. Lens Creek Ltd. Partnership · 483 S.E.2d 265
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. Berry · 212 Cal. App. 3d 832
State ex rel. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Canady · 197 W. Va. 107
Holland v. Joyce · 185 S.E.2d 505
State Ex Rel. West Virginia Fire & Casualty Co. v. Karl · 487 S.E.2d 336
Flanagan v. Mott · 114 S.E.2d 331
Pacheco v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America · 780 P.2d 116
Robinson v. Continental Casualty Co. · 406 S.E.2d 470
State ex rel. Motorists Mutual Insurance v. Broadwater · 192 W. Va. 608
Buzzard v. McDanel · 736 P.2d 157

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State Ex Rel. Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Kaufman · 658 S.E.2d 728
Noland v. Virginia Insurance Reciprocal · 686 S.E.2d 23
State ex rel. Allstate Insurance v. Gaughan · 203 W. Va. 358
STATE EX REL. ALLSTATE INS. v. Gaughan · 508 S.E.2d 75
Tilley v. Allstate Insurance · 40 F. Supp. 2d 809
Klettner v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 519 S.E.2d 870
Dan Ryan Builders, Inc. v. Nelson · 230 W. Va. 281
Anastasia Fortson-Kemmerer v. Allstate Insurance Company · 198 Wash. App. 387
Aikens v. Debow · 541 S.E.2d 576
State Ex Rel. Medical Assurance of West Virginia, Inc. v. Recht · 583 S.E.2d 80
Feliciano v. 7-Eleven, Inc. · 559 S.E.2d 713
Barefield v. DPIC Companies, Inc. · 600 S.E.2d 256
Patrick D. Leggett v. EQT Production Co. · 239 W. Va. 264
T. Weston, Inc. v. Mineral County · 638 S.E.2d 167
Harper v. Jackson Hewitt, Inc. · 706 S.E.2d 63
Taylor v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance · 589 S.E.2d 55
Osborne v. United States · 567 S.E.2d 677
State Ex Rel. Crafton v. Burnside · 528 S.E.2d 768
Columbia Casualty Co. v. Westfield Insurance · 617 S.E.2d 797
Clifton G. Valentine v. Sugar Rock, Inc. and Gerald D. and Teresa D. Hall · 234 W. Va. 526
McDavid v. United States · 584 S.E.2d 226
Wilson v. Bernet · 625 S.E.2d 706
Arbaugh v. Board of Education · 591 S.E.2d 235
Barr v. NCB Management Services, Inc. · 711 S.E.2d 577
American Modern Home Insurance v. Corra · 671 S.E.2d 802

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