Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Admiral Insurance

Decided July 3, 1995. Malcolm Millar Lucas wrote the opinion for the court.

897 P.2d 1 · Cited 322 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.

• Garvey v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 770 P.2d 704
• Prudential-LMI Commercial Insurance v. Superior Court · 798 P.2d 1230
• Firemans's Fund Insurance v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 223 Cal. App. 3d 1621
• Remmer v. Glens Falls Indemnity Co. · 140 Cal. App. 2d 84
• Sabella v. Wisler · 377 P.2d 889
• Home Insurance v. Landmark Insurance · 205 Cal. App. 3d 1388
• AIU Insurance v. Superior Court · 799 P.2d 1253
• Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Superior Court · 861 P.2d 1153
• Snapp v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 206 Cal. App. 2d 827
• Reserve Insurance Co. v. Pisciotta · 640 P.2d 764
• Bareno v. Employers Life Insurance · 500 P.2d 889
• Bank of the West v. Superior Court · 833 P.2d 545
• Horace Mann Ins. Co. v. Barbara B. · 846 P.2d 792
• Crane v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 485 P.2d 1129
• Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co. · 419 P.2d 168
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Phoenix Construction Co. · 46 Cal. 2d 423
• Garcia v. Truck Insurance Exchange · 682 P.2d 1100
• Sentinel Insurance Co. v. First Insurance Co. of Hawai'i, Ltd. · 875 P.2d 894
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Jacober · 514 P.2d 953
• Pines of La Jolla Homeowners Ass'n v. Industrial Indemnity · 5 Cal. App. 4th 714
• CNA Casualty of California v. Seaboard Surety Co. · 176 Cal. App. 3d 598
• Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. United Insurance · 650 A.2d 974
• J.H. France Refractories Co. v. Allstate Insurance · 626 A.2d 502
• C. D. Spangler Construction Co. v. Industrial Crankshaft & Engineering Co. · 388 S.E.2d 557
• American Home Products Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 565 F. Supp. 1485

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• Armstrong World Industries, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 45 Cal. App. 4th 1
• Safeco Insurance v. Fireman's Fund Insurance · 55 Cal. Rptr. 3d 844
• Borg v. Transamerica Insurance · 47 Cal. App. 4th 448
• Standard Fire Insurance v. Spectrum Community Ass'n · 141 Cal. App. 4th 1117
• A. C. Label Co. v. Transamerica Insurance · 48 Cal. App. 4th 1188
• USF Insurance v. Clarendon America Insurance · 452 F. Supp. 2d 972
• Flintkote Co. v. General Accident Assurance Co. · 410 F. Supp. 2d 875
• Fluor Corporation v. Super. Ct. · 61 Cal. 4th 1175
• Henkel Corp. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. · 62 P.3d 69
• Pepperell v. Scottsdale Insurance · 62 Cal. App. 4th 1045
• State of California v. Continental Ins. Co. · 169 Cal. App. 4th 1114
• State v. Continental Ins. Co. · 170 Cal. App. 4th 160
• Pitzer College v. Indian Harbor Ins. Co. · 251 Cal. Rptr. 3d 701
• Stonelight Tile, Inc. v. California Insurance Guarantee Ass'n · 58 Cal. Rptr. 3d 74
• Padilla Construction Co. v. Transportation Insurance · 58 Cal. Rptr. 3d 807
• County of San Bernardino v. Pacific Indemnity Co. · 56 Cal. App. 4th 666
• Travelers Cas. and Sur. v. Century Sur. · 13 Cal. Rptr. 3d 526
• Henkel Corp. v. Hartford Acc. and Indem. Co. · 106 Cal. Rptr. 2d 341
• State v. Cont'l Ins. Co. · 223 Cal. Rptr. 3d 716
• Towns v. Northern Security Insurance · 2008 VT 98
• Century Indemnity Company v. Hearrean · 120 Cal. Rptr. 2d 66
• Buss v. Superior Court · 16 Cal. 4th 35
• State of Cal. v. Continental Insurance · 55 Cal. 4th 186
• FMC Corp. v. Plaisted & Companies · 61 Cal. App. 4th 1132

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