State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Major v. Western Home Insurance

Decided January 30, 2009. Gilbert Nares wrote the opinion for the court.

169 Cal. App. 4th 1197 · Cited 98 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.

Waters v. United Services Automobile Ass'n · 41 Cal. App. 4th 1063
White v. Ultramar, Inc. · 981 P.2d 944
Egan v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance · 598 P.2d 452
Neal v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 582 P.2d 980
Simon v. San Paolo US Holding Co., Inc. · 113 P.3d 63
Gourley v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 806 P.2d 1342
Foley v. Interactive Data Corp. · 765 P.2d 373
Textron Financial Corp. v. National Union Fire Insurance · 13 Cal. Rptr. 3d 586
Waller v. Truck Insurance Exchange, Inc. · 900 P.2d 619
Soule v. General Motors Corp. · 882 P.2d 298
Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance · 510 P.2d 1032
Brandt v. Superior Court · 693 P.2d 796
In Re Marriage of Mix · 536 P.2d 479
Silberg v. California Life Insurance · 521 P.2d 1103
Seffert v. Los Angeles Transit Lines · 56 Cal. 2d 498
Munoz v. Olin · 596 P.2d 1143
Cunningham v. Simpson · 461 P.2d 39
Johnson v. Ford Motor Co. · 113 P.3d 82
Blake v. Aetna Life Insurance · 99 Cal. App. 3d 901
Busch v. Globe Industries · 200 Cal. App. 2d 315
Bowers v. Bernards · 150 Cal. App. 3d 870
Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. East Bay Union of MacHinists, Local 1304 · 227 Cal. App. 2d 675
Delos v. Farmers Insurance Group · 93 Cal. App. 3d 642
Merlo v. Standard Life & Accident Insurance · 59 Cal. App. 3d 5
Rupf v. Yan · 102 Cal. Rptr. 2d 157

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