Murphy v. Allstate Insurance

Decided September 7, 1976. William P. Clark Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

553 P.2d 584 · Cited 209 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.

• Crisci v. Security Insurance · 66 Cal. 2d 425
• Comunale v. Traders & General Insurance · 50 Cal. 2d 654
• Reichert v. General Insurance of America · 442 P.2d 377
• Barrera v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 456 P.2d 674
• People v. Superior Court · 507 P.2d 1400
• Travis Glass Co. v. Ibbetson · 200 P. 595
• Roseburg Loggers, Inc. v. U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers, Inc. · 537 P.2d 399
• Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance · 510 P.2d 1032
• City of San Jose v. Superior Court · 525 P.2d 701
• Lucas v. Hamm · 56 Cal. 2d 583
• Silberg v. California Life Insurance · 521 P.2d 1103
• Johansen v. California State Automobile Ass'n Inter-Insurance Bureau · 538 P.2d 744
• Shapero v. Allstate Insurance · 14 Cal. App. 3d 433
• Purcell v. Colonial Insurance · 20 Cal. App. 3d 807
• Brown v. Superior Court · 34 Cal. 2d 559
• Shapiro v. Republic Indemnity Co. of America · 341 P.2d 289
• Olds v. General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. · 67 Cal. App. 2d 812
• Dugar v. Happy Tiger Records, Inc. · 41 Cal. App. 3d 811
• Le Ballister v. Redwood Theatres, Inc. · 1 Cal. App. 2d 447
• Bond v. Bulgheroni · 8 P.2d 130
• Staples v. May · 87 Cal. 178
• Miles v. Miles · 246 P. 143

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• Essex Ins. Co. v. Five Star Dye House, Inc. · 137 P.3d 192
• Hand v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 23 Cal. App. 4th 1847
• Essex Insurance v. Five Star Dye House, Inc. · 38 Cal. 4th 1252
• Simmons v. Puu · 94 P.3d 667
• Northwestern Mut. Ins. Co. v. Farmers Ins. Group · 76 Cal. App. 3d 1031
• Commercial Union Insurance v. Ford Motor Co. · 599 F. Supp. 1271
• Hughes v. Mid-Century Insurance · 38 Cal. App. 4th 1176
• Shafer v. Berger, Kahn, Shafton, Moss, Figler, Simon & Gladstone · 131 Cal. Rptr. 2d 777
• Royal Globe Insurance v. Superior Court · 592 P.2d 329
• San Diego Housing Commission v. Industrial Indemnity Co. · 116 Cal. Rptr. 2d 103
• Willis v. Swain · 129 Haw. 478
• Signal Companies, Inc. v. Harbor Ins. Co. · 612 P.2d 889
• Harper v. Wausau Insurance · 56 Cal. App. 4th 1079
• Ennen v. Integon Indemnity Corp. · 268 P.3d 277
• Cuson v. Maryland Casualty Co. · 735 F. Supp. 966
• PPG Industries, Inc. v. Transamerica Insurance · 975 P.2d 652
• Ricard v. Pacific Indemnity Co. · 132 Cal. App. 3d 886
• Purdy v. Pacific Automobile Insurance · 157 Cal. App. 3d 59
• Cancino v. Farmers Insurance Group · 80 Cal. App. 3d 335
• Fuentes v. TMCSF, Inc. · 237 Cal. Rptr. 3d 256
• Avila v. Travelers Ins. Companies · 481 F. Supp. 431
• Hess v. Ford Motor Co. · 41 P.3d 46
• Rodriguez v. Oto · 212 Cal. App. 4th 1020
• Diamond Woodworks, Inc. v. Argonaut Insurance · 135 Cal. Rptr. 2d 736
• Clearwater v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 780 P.2d 423

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