Mid-Century Insurance v. Gardner

Decided August 31, 1992. Keith F. Sparks wrote the opinion for the court.

9 Cal. App. 4th 1205 · Cited 72 times

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• Mesler v. Bragg Management Co. · 702 P.2d 601
• Crane v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 485 P.2d 1129
• H. A. S. Loan Service, Inc. v. McColgan · 21 Cal. 2d 518
• Reserve Insurance Co. v. Pisciotta · 640 P.2d 764
• Associated Vendors, Inc. v. Oakland Meat Co. · 210 Cal. App. 2d 825
• Miller v. McColgan · 17 Cal. 2d 432
• Bainbridge v. Stoner · 16 Cal. 2d 423
• Constance B. v. State Ex Rel. Department of Transportation · 178 Cal. App. 3d 200
• Arnold v. Browne · 27 Cal. App. 3d 386
• Darrah v. California State Automobile Assn. · 259 Cal. App. 2d 243
• Kirby v. Ohio Casualty Insurance · 232 Cal. App. 2d 9
• McCord v. Martin · 191 P. 89
• Copsey v. Sacramento Bank · 66 P. 7
• Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club v. Alcivar · 95 Cal. App. 3d 252
• Tavares v. Glens Falls Insurance · 300 P.2d 102
• MacPherson v. Eccleston · 190 Cal. App. 2d 24
• Burtis v. Universal Pictures Co., Inc. · 40 Cal. 2d 823
• Gorham v. Gilson · 28 Cal. 479

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• Laird v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. · 80 Cal. Rptr. 2d 454
• Calfarm Ins. Co. v. Wolf · 103 Cal. Rptr. 2d 584
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• KLAJIC v. Castaic Lake Water Agency · 109 Cal. Rptr. 2d 454
• Sandy v. McClure · 676 F. Supp. 2d 866
• Bouton v. USAA Cas. Ins. Co. · 52 Cal. Rptr. 3d 551
• Paterno v. State · 87 Cal. Rptr. 2d 754
• Shanghai Automation Instrument Co., Ltd. v. Kuei · 194 F. Supp. 2d 995
• Cal-State Business Products & Services, Inc. v. Ricoh · 12 Cal. App. 4th 1666
• Filbin v. Fitzgerald · 211 Cal. App. 4th 154
• Santa Clarita Organization for Planning & the Environment v. Castaic Lake Water Agency · 1 Cal. App. 5th 1084
• Marich v. MGM/UA TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. · 7 Cal. Rptr. 3d 60
• Melissa v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. · 241 Cal. Rptr. 3d 458
• Abouab v. City and County of San Francisco · 46 Cal. Rptr. 3d 206
• Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center v. Shewry · 168 Cal. App. 4th 460
• Restate of Swetmann · 102 Cal. Rptr. 2d 457
• Butler v. Adoption Media, LLC · 486 F. Supp. 2d 1022
• Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance v. McKenzie · 105 Cal. Rptr. 2d 910
• Savnik v. Hall · 88 Cal. Rptr. 2d 417
• Moorefield Construction, Inc. v. Intervest-Mortgage Investment Co. · 230 Cal. App. 4th 146

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