U.S. District Court / N.D. California

McLaughlin v. Connecticut General Life Insurance

Decided May 3, 1983. Marilyn Hall Patel wrote the opinion for the court.

565 F. Supp. 434 · 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.

Madden v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · 552 P.2d 1178
Securities & Exchange Commission v. National Securities, Inc. · 393 U.S. 453
Austero v. National Casualty Co. · 62 Cal. App. 3d 511
Delos v. Farmers Insurance Group · 93 Cal. App. 3d 642
Beynon v. Garden Grove Medical Group · 100 Cal. App. 3d 698
Jones v. Crown Life Insurance · 86 Cal. App. 3d 630
Lederman v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance · 494 F. Supp. 1020
Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. · 451 U.S. 504
Retail Clerks International Ass'n, Local 1625 v. Schermerhorn · 375 U.S. 96
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Partridge · 514 P.2d 123
Silberg v. California Life Insurance · 521 P.2d 1103
Steven v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. · 377 P.2d 284
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Jacober · 514 P.2d 953
Eversole v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., Inc. · 500 F. Supp. 1162
Gyler v. Mission Insurance · 514 P.2d 1219
Austin v. General American Life Insurance · 498 F. Supp. 844
Tyson v. Connecticut General Life Insurance · 495 F. Supp. 240
Paul v. Virginia · 75 U.S. 168
Continental Casualty Co. v. Phoenix Construction Co. · 46 Cal. 2d 423
Armstrong v. Hanover Insurance Company · 289 A.2d 669
Victum v. Martin · 326 N.E.2d 12
Yeng Sue Chow v. Levi Strauss & Co. · 49 Cal. App. 3d 315
Schmidt v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance · 268 Cal. App. 2d 735
Wilson v. Travelers Insurance Co. · 605 P.2d 1327
Abernathy v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America · 264 S.E.2d 836

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Shumake v. Travelers Insurance · 383 N.W.2d 259
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Karl v. Commonwealth Land Title Ins. Co. · 60 Cal. App. 4th 858
Waller v. Truck Insurance Exchange, Inc. · 900 P.2d 619
Blake Ex Rel. Blake v. National Casualty Co. · 607 F. Supp. 189
Potesta v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 504 S.E.2d 135
Sarchett v. Blue Shield of California · 233 P.2d 267
Alta California Regional Center v. Fremont Indemnity Co. · 25 Cal. App. 4th 455
Swint v. Protective Life Insurance · 779 F. Supp. 532
Hydro Systems, Inc. v. Continental Insurance · 717 F. Supp. 700
Allstate Insurance v. Vavasour · 797 F. Supp. 785
California Union Insurance v. Poppy Ridge Partners · 224 Cal. App. 3d 897
Linthicum v. Nationwide Life Insurance · 723 P.2d 703
Livingston v. Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Health & Welfare Fund · 900 F. Supp. 108
Moore v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of the National Capital Area · 70 F. Supp. 2d 9
Silicon Valley Bank v. New Hampshire Insurance · 203 F. Supp. 2d 1152
Major v. Western Home Insurance · 169 Cal. App. 4th 1197
Fireman's Fund Ins. Companies v. Ex-Cell-O Corp. · 702 F. Supp. 1317
Fields v. Blue Shield of California · 163 Cal. App. 3d 570
Hardin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · 813 F. Supp. 2d 1167

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