State Supreme Court / N.M.

Lopez Ex Rel. Estate of Lopez v. Foundation Reserve Insurance

Decided March 12, 1982. H Vern Payne wrote the opinion for the court.

646 P.2d 1230 · Cited 59 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.

Sloan v. Dairyland Insurance Company · 519 P.2d 301
Federated American Insurance v. Raynes · 563 P.2d 815
Squire v. Economy Fire & Casualty Co. · 370 N.E.2d 1044
Young v. Thomas · 604 P.2d 370
Pettid Ex Rel. Pettid v. Edwards · 240 N.W.2d 344
Chavez v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 533 P.2d 100
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Williams · 392 A.2d 281
Great Central Insurance Company v. Edge · 298 So. 2d 607
Allstate Insurance v. Maglish · 586 P.2d 313
American States Insurance v. Milton · 573 P.2d 367
General Mutual Insurance Company v. Gilmore · 319 So. 2d 675
Weemhoff v. Cincinnati Insurance · 41 Ohio St. 2d 231
Mountain West Farm Bureau v. Neal · 547 P.2d 79
Sellers v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 185 So. 2d 689
Cameron Mutual Insurance Co. v. Madden · 533 S.W.2d 538
Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. v. Stanfield · 581 S.W.2d 555
Tucker v. Government Employees Insurance Co. · 288 So. 2d 238
Lambert v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company · 331 So. 2d 260
Holloway v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. · 376 So. 2d 690
Taft v. Cerwonka · 433 A.2d 215
Chaffee v. US Fid. & Guar. Co. · 591 P.2d 1102
Barbin v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 315 So. 2d 754
O'Hanlon v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. · 439 F. Supp. 377
Holland v. Hawkeye Security Insurance Company · 230 N.W.2d 517

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Padilla Ex Rel. Padilla v. Dairyland Insurance · 787 P.2d 835
Baker v. Armstrong · 744 P.2d 170
Guarantee Insurance v. Anderson · 585 F. Supp. 408
Foundation Reserve Insurance v. Marin · 787 P.2d 452
Charley v. Farmers Mut. Ins. Co. of Nebraska · 366 N.W.2d 417
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Safeco Insurance · 2013 NMSC 6
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