State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Miller v. Elite Insurance

Decided January 8, 1980. John J. Miller wrote the opinion for the court.

100 Cal. App. 3d 739 · Cited 127 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.

Crane v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 485 P.2d 1129
Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co. · 419 P.2d 168
Comunale v. Traders & General Insurance · 50 Cal. 2d 654
Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance · 510 P.2d 1032
Crisci v. Security Insurance · 66 Cal. 2d 425
Fletcher v. Western National Life Insurance · 10 Cal. App. 3d 376
Silberg v. California Life Insurance · 521 P.2d 1103
Johansen v. California State Automobile Ass'n Inter-Insurance Bureau · 538 P.2d 744
Critz v. Farmers Insurance Group · 230 Cal. App. 2d 788
Cunningham v. Simpson · 461 P.2d 39
Crest Catering Co. v. Superior Court · 62 Cal. 2d 274
Loughan v. Harger-Haldeman · 184 Cal. App. 2d 495
Schilk v. Benefit Trust Life Insurance · 273 Cal. App. 2d 302
Estate of Lances · 14 P.2d 768
Steven v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. · 377 P.2d 284
Merritt v. Reserve Insurance · 34 Cal. App. 3d 858
Strong v. County of Santa Cruz · 543 P.2d 264
Ritchie v. Anchor Casualty Co. · 135 Cal. App. 2d 245
Merlo v. Standard Life & Accident Insurance · 59 Cal. App. 3d 5
Wetherbee v. United Ins. Co. of America · 18 Cal. App. 3d 266
Richardson v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp. · 25 Cal. App. 3d 232
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Richmond · 76 Cal. App. 3d 645
Beck v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 54 Cal. App. 3d 347
Ellingson v. Walsh, O'Connor & Barneson · 15 Cal. 2d 673
Karpe v. Great American Indemnity Co. · 190 Cal. App. 2d 226

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Fanucci v. Allstate Insurance Company · 638 F. Supp. 2d 1125
Ponder v. Blue Cross of Southern California · 145 Cal. App. 3d 709
Lipton v. Superior Court · 48 Cal. App. 4th 1599
Babcock v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 2000 MT 114
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CNA Casualty of California v. Seaboard Surety Co. · 176 Cal. App. 3d 598
Insurance Co. of the West v. Haralambos Beverage Co. · 195 Cal. App. 3d 1308
Intel Corp. v. Hartford Acc. and Indem. Co. · 692 F. Supp. 1171
Cal-Farm Insurance v. TAC Exterminators, Inc. · 172 Cal. App. 3d 564
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Jioras · 24 Cal. App. 4th 1619
Advanced Network, Inc. v. Peerless Insurance · 190 Cal. App. 4th 1054
Truck Insurance Exchange v. Superior Court · 51 Cal. App. 4th 985
Robinson v. National Ass'n for Stock Car Auto Racing · 158 Cal. App. 3d 138
Hertz Corp. v. Home Insurance · 14 Cal. App. 4th 1071
Canadian Insurance v. Rusty's Island Chip Co. · 36 Cal. App. 4th 491
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Yukiyo, Ltd. · 870 F. Supp. 292
Cassim v. Allstate Insurance · 94 P.3d 513
Samson v. Transamerica Insurance · 636 P.2d 32
Allstate Ins. Co. v. Miller · 212 P.3d 318

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