Nelson v. Roadway Exp., Inc.

Decided October 21, 1991. Jack C. Watson wrote the opinion for the court.

588 So. 2d 350 · Cited 177 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.

• Bertrand v. Coal Operators Casualty Company · 221 So. 2d 816
• Robichaux v. Realty Operators, Inc. · 196 So. 23
• West v. Bayou Vista Manor, Inc. · 371 So. 2d 1146
• Holiday v. Borden Chemical · 508 So. 2d 1381
• Ferguson v. HDE, Inc. · 270 So. 2d 867
• Parks v. Insurance Co. of North America · 340 So. 2d 276
• Guillory v. Travelers Insurance Company · 294 So. 2d 215
• Chism v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation · 332 So. 2d 784
• Gorbach v. Prager, Inc. · 310 So. 2d 604
• Dowden v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. · 346 So. 2d 1311
• Lee v. National Tea Co. · 378 So. 2d 134

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