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Murphy v. Allstate Insurance

Decided July 21, 1978. Herbert C. Kaufman wrote the opinion for the court.

83 Cal. App. 3d 38 · Cited 75 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.

Rowland v. Christian · 69 Cal. 2d 108
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
Clark v. Lesher · 46 Cal. 2d 874
Myers v. County of Orange · 6 Cal. App. 3d 626
Comunale v. Traders & General Insurance · 50 Cal. 2d 654
Teitelbaum Furs, Inc. v. Dominion Ins. Co., Ltd. · 58 Cal. 2d 601
Murphy v. Allstate Insurance · 553 P.2d 584
Johansen v. California State Automobile Ass'n Inter-Insurance Bureau · 538 P.2d 744
Schroeder v. Auto Driveaway Co. · 523 P.2d 662
Eagle Oil & Refining Co. v. Prentice · 19 Cal. 2d 553
Walsh v. Walsh · 18 Cal. 2d 439
Todhunter v. Smith · 28 P.2d 916
Swaffield v. Universal Ecsco Corp. · 271 Cal. App. 2d 147
Anderson v. City of Thousand Oaks · 65 Cal. App. 3d 82
Purcell v. Colonial Insurance · 20 Cal. App. 3d 807
Conner v. Dart Transportation Service · 65 Cal. App. 3d 320

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Campanelli v. Allstate Ins. Co. · 85 F. Supp. 2d 980
Prieto v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. · 225 Cal. App. 3d 1188
O'NEILL v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Washington · 125 P.3d 134
O'Neill v. Farmers Insurance · 124 Wash. App. 516
Lawrence v. Western Mutual Insurance · 204 Cal. App. 3d 565
Billmeyer v. Plaza Bank of Commerce · 42 Cal. App. 4th 1086
Sprague v. Frank J. Sanders Lincoln Mercury, Inc. · 120 Cal. App. 3d 412
C & H. FOODS CO. v. Hartford Ins. Co. · 163 Cal. App. 3d 1055
Risk v. Kingdom of Norway · 707 F. Supp. 1159
Magpali v. Farmers Group, Inc. · 48 Cal. App. 4th 471
Kiseskey v. Carpenters' Trust for Southern California · 144 Cal. App. 3d 222
Abari v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 205 Cal. App. 3d 530
Stahl v. Preston Mutual Insurance Ass'n · 517 N.W.2d 201
CBS Broadcasting Inc. v. FIRMMAN'S FUND INS. COMPANY · 83 Cal. Rptr. 2d 197
Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. Allstate Insurance · 29 F. Supp. 2d 1129
Hess v. Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance · 190 Cal. App. 3d 941
Bustamento v. Tucker · 607 So. 2d 532
Craft v. Rice · 671 S.W.2d 247
Crookston v. Fire Insurance Exchange · 817 P.2d 789
Lipson v. Superior Court · 644 P.2d 822
Barton v. New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. · 43 Cal. App. 4th 1200
Mock v. Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance · 4 Cal. App. 4th 306
Allen v. Jones · 104 Cal. App. 3d 207

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