State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

McLaughlin v. National Union Fire Insurance

Decided March 25, 1994. Carl W. Anderson wrote the opinion for the court.

23 Cal. App. 4th 1132 · Cited 85 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.

Smith v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 5 Cal. App. 4th 1104
Critz v. Farmers Insurance Group · 230 Cal. App. 2d 788
Moradi-Shalal v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Companies · 758 P.2d 58
Bush v. Superior Court · 10 Cal. App. 4th 1374
Bank of the West v. Superior Court · 833 P.2d 545
Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co. · 419 P.2d 168
Murphy v. Allstate Insurance · 553 P.2d 584
Brewer v. Second Baptist Church · 32 Cal. 2d 791
California State Automobile Ass'n. Inter-Insurance Bureau v. Superior Court · 788 P.2d 1156
People v. Watson · 299 P.2d 243
Ward v. Taggart · 51 Cal. 2d 736
CNA Casualty of California v. Seaboard Surety Co. · 176 Cal. App. 3d 598
Merritt v. Reserve Insurance · 34 Cal. App. 3d 858
Richmond v. Dart Industries, Inc. · 196 Cal. App. 3d 869
Chatton v. National Union Fire Insurance · 10 Cal. App. 4th 846
Helfand v. Nationall Union Fire Insurance · 10 Cal. App. 4th 869
Okun v. Morton · 203 Cal. App. 3d 805
Wright v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Companies · 11 Cal. App. 4th 998
Mother Cobb's Chicken Turnovers, Inc. v. Fox · 10 Cal. 2d 203
Doser v. Middlesex Mutual Insurance · 101 Cal. App. 3d 883
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Longden · 197 Cal. App. 3d 226
Sterling Drug, Inc. v. Benatar · 99 Cal. App. 2d 393
Spindle v. Travelers Insurance Companies · 66 Cal. App. 3d 951
Esparza v. Specht · 55 Cal. App. 3d 1
Dykstra v. Foremost Insurance · 14 Cal. App. 4th 361

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Ticor Title Insurance v. Employers Insurance of Wausau · 40 Cal. App. 4th 1699
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Gandy · 925 S.W.2d 696
American International Bank v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. · 49 Cal. App. 4th 1558
In Re Needles Cases · 55 Cal. Rptr. 3d 708
Jane Doe 8015 v. Superior Court · 148 Cal. App. 4th 489
In Re San Juan DuPont Plaza Hotel Fire Litigation · 343 F. Supp. 2d 103
Graciano v. Mercury Gen. Corp. CA4/1 · 231 Cal. App. 4th 414
Sandoval v. Bank of America · 115 Cal. Rptr. 2d 128
JONATHAN NEIL & ASSOCIATES, INC. v. Jones · 119 Cal. Rptr. 2d 660
Border Business Park, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 49 Cal. Rptr. 3d 259
Continental Casualty Co. v. Superior Court · 111 Cal. Rptr. 2d 849
Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. MV TRANSP. · 115 P.3d 460
Prakashpalan v. Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack · 223 Cal. App. 4th 1105
Citizens for Open Access to Sand and Tide, Inc. v. Seadrift Ass'n · 60 Cal. App. 4th 1053
Pruyn v. Agricultural Insurance · 36 Cal. App. 4th 500
569 East County Boulevard LLC v. Backcountry Against the Dump, Inc. · 6 Cal. App. 5th 426
Michaelian v. State Compensation Insurance Fund · 50 Cal. App. 4th 1093
Gainsco Insurance Co. v. Amoco Production Co. · 2002 WY 122
Henderson v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 488 S.E.2d 234
Sprinkles v. Associated Indemnity Corp. · 188 Cal. App. 4th 69
John Markel Ford, Inc. v. Auto-Owners Insurance · 543 N.W.2d 173
State Farm General Insurance v. Mintarsih · 175 Cal. App. 4th 274
CRST, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County · 11 Cal. App. 5th 1255

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