State Supreme Court / Mich.

McDonald v. Farm Bureau Insurance

Decided April 23, 2008. Elizabeth A. Weaver wrote the opinion for the court.

747 N.W.2d 811 · Cited 171 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.

Rory v. Continental Insurance · 703 N.W.2d 23
Devillers v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n · 702 N.W.2d 539
Tom Thomas Organization, Inc. v. Reliance Insurance · 242 N.W.2d 396
West v. Farm Bureau General Insurance · 723 N.W.2d 589
City of Grosse Pointe Park v. Michigan Municipal Liability & Property Pool · 702 N.W.2d 106
Peloso v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co. · 267 A.2d 498
Hetchler v. American Life Insurance · 254 N.W. 221
Lewis v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange · 393 N.W.2d 167
Prudential-LMI Commercial Insurance v. Superior Court · 798 P.2d 1230
Pohutski v. City of Allen Park · 641 N.W.2d 219
Wilkie v. Auto-Owners Insurance · 664 N.W.2d 776
Koontz v. Ameritech Services, Inc · 645 N.W.2d 34
Nawrocki v. MacOmb County Road Commission · 615 N.W.2d 702
CAM Construction v. Lake Edgewood Condominium Ass'n · 640 N.W.2d 256
Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance v. Bronson Plating Co. · 519 N.W.2d 864
Blackhawk Development Corp. v. Village of Dexter · 700 N.W.2d 364
Van v. Zahorik · 597 N.W.2d 15
Karaczewski v. Farbman Stein & Co. · 732 N.W.2d 56
Husted v. Auto-Owners Insurance · 591 N.W.2d 642
Herweyer v. Clark Highway Services, Inc · 564 N.W.2d 857
Clark v. Truck Insurance Exchange · 598 P.2d 628
Byjelich v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance · 36 N.W.2d 212
Christiansen v. First Insurance Co. of Hawaii, Ltd. · 967 P.2d 639
Christiansen v. First Insurance Co. of Hawai'i · 963 P.2d 345
In Re Certified Question · 319 N.W.2d 320

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Bank v. Michigan Education Association-Nea · 315 Mich. App. 496
Fuller v. Geico Indemnity Co · 309 Mich. App. 495
Ile v. Foremost Insurance · 293 Mich. App. 309
City of Flint v. Chrisdom Properties, Ltd · 770 N.W.2d 888
Genesee Foods Services, Inc v. Meadowbrook, Inc · 762 N.W.2d 165
Auto-Owners Insurance v. Ferwerda Enterprises, Inc. · 771 N.W.2d 434
Sinicropi v. Mazurek · 760 N.W.2d 520

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