Merritt v. Reserve Insurance

Decided October 29, 1973. Macklin Fleming wrote the opinion for the court.

34 Cal. App. 3d 858 · Cited 178 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.

• Brown v. Guarantee Insurance · 155 Cal. App. 2d 679
• Davy v. Public National Insurance · 181 Cal. App. 2d 387
• Maloney v. Rath · 69 Cal. 2d 442
• Kelley v. British Commercial Insurance · 221 Cal. App. 2d 554
• Kinder v. Western Pioneer Insurance · 231 Cal. App. 2d 894
• Comunale v. Traders & General Insurance · 50 Cal. 2d 654
• Crisci v. Security Insurance · 66 Cal. 2d 425
• Van Arsdale v. Hollinger · 68 Cal. 2d 245
• Lysick v. Walcom · 258 Cal. App. 2d 136
• Tomerlin v. Canadian Indemnity Co. · 61 Cal. 2d 638
• Critz v. Farmers Insurance Group · 230 Cal. App. 2d 788
• Ivy v. Pacific Automobile Insurance · 320 P.2d 140
• Ivy v. Pacific Automobile Ins. Co. · 156 Cal. App. 2d 652
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Price · 206 Va. 749
• Hardy v. Admiral Oil Co. · 56 Cal. 2d 836
• Otten v. San Francisco Hotel Owners Ass'n · 74 Cal. App. 2d 341
• Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. East Bay Union of MacHinists, Local 1304 · 227 Cal. App. 2d 675
• Francis v. City & County of San Francisco · 44 Cal. 2d 335
• Adohr Milk Farms, Inc. v. Love · 255 Cal. App. 2d 366
• Palmer v. Financial Indemnity Co. · 215 Cal. App. 2d 419
• Hodges v. Standard Accident Insurance · 198 Cal. App. 2d 564
• Garner v. American Mutual Liability Insurance · 31 Cal. App. 3d 843
• People v. Wilson · 256 Cal. App. 2d 411
• Martin v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. · 228 Cal. App. 2d 178
• Williams v. Fairhaven Cemetery Ass'n. · 52 Cal. 2d 135

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• Continental Casualty Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 516 F. Supp. 384
• McCool v. Gehret · 657 A.2d 269
• Rova Farms Resort, Inc. v. Investors Insurance Co. of America · 323 A.2d 495
• Lynn v. Superior Court · 180 Cal. App. 3d 346
• Everett Associates, Inc. v. Transcontinental Insurance · 141 F. Supp. 2d 989
• Coe v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 66 Cal. App. 3d 981
• Fulton v. Woodford · 545 P.2d 979
• Rose v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance · 599 S.E.2d 673
• Everett Associates, Inc. v. Transcontinental Insurance · 159 F. Supp. 2d 1196
• Foster v. County of San Luis Obispo · 14 Cal. App. 4th 668
• Continental Insurance Co. v. Bayless & Roberts, Inc. · 608 P.2d 281
• Phillips v. Clancy · 733 P.2d 300
• Barney v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 185 Cal. App. 3d 966
• Ingersoll-Rand Equipment Corp. v. Transportation Insurance · 963 F. Supp. 452
• Petersen v. FARMERS CASUALTY COMPANY · 226 N.W.2d 226
• Reid v. Mercury Insurance · 220 Cal. App. 4th 262
• Travelers Insurance v. Lesher · 187 Cal. App. 3d 169
• Walbrook Insurance v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 5 Cal. App. 4th 1445
• Clary v. Lite MacHines Corp. · 850 N.E.2d 423
• Lifestar Response of Alabama, Inc. v. Admiral Insurance Co. · 17 So. 3d 200
• Lehto v. Allstate Insurance · 31 Cal. App. 4th 60
• Shade Foods, Inc. v. Innovative Products Sales & Marketing, Inc. · 93 Cal. Rptr. 2d 364
• Givens v. Mullikin Ex Rel. McElwaney · 75 S.W.3d 383

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