State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Murray v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

Decided July 21, 1998. Larry Starcher wrote the opinion for the court.

509 S.E.2d 1 · Cited 129 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.

Howell v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 218 Cal. App. 3d 1446
Cox v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 459 S.E.2d 446
National Mutual Insurance v. McMahon & Sons, Inc. · 356 S.E.2d 488
Garvey v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 770 P.2d 704
Millar v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 804 P.2d 822
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Von Der Lieth · 820 P.2d 285
Hoffman v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 16 Cal. App. 4th 184
Hughes v. Potomac Insurance · 199 Cal. App. 2d 239
Wyatt v. Northwestern Mutual Insurance Co. of Seattle · 304 F. Supp. 781
LaBris v. Western National Insurance · 59 S.E.2d 236
Kula v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 212 A.D.2d 16
Frontis v. Milwaukee Insurance · 156 Conn. 492
Brian Chuchua's Jeep, Inc. v. Farmers Insurance Group · 10 Cal. App. 4th 1579
Mattis v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 454 N.E.2d 1156
Painter v. Peavy · 451 S.E.2d 755
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Federal Insurance Co. of New York · 133 S.E.2d 770
Keffer v. Prudential Insurance Company of America · 172 S.E.2d 714
Sentinel Management Co. v. New Hampshire Insurance Co. · 563 N.W.2d 296
Soliva v. Shand, Morahan & Co., Inc. · 345 S.E.2d 33
Payne v. Weston · 466 S.E.2d 161
Olmstead v. Lumbermens Mutual Ins. · 22 Ohio St. 2d 212
Villella v. Public Employees Mutual Insurance · 725 P.2d 957
Alf v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 850 P.2d 1272
Western Fire Insurance v. First Presbyterian Church · 437 P.2d 52
Government Employees Insurance v. DeJames · 261 A.2d 747

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Joslin v. Mitchell · 584 S.E.2d 913
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