State Supreme Court / Conn.

Novella v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

Decided July 27, 1972. Charles House wrote the opinion for the court.

163 Conn. 552 · Cited 158 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.

MacKay v. Aetna Life Insurance · 173 A. 783
Spear-Newman, Inc. v. Modern Floors Corporation · 149 Conn. 88
Casalo v. Claro · 147 Conn. 625
National Transportation Co., Inc. v. Toquet · 196 A. 344
Petrizzo v. Commercial Contractors Corporation · 152 Conn. 491
Jensen v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance · 158 Conn. 251
Chanosky v. City Building Supply Co. · 152 Conn. 642
State v. Whiteside · 148 Conn. 208
State v. American News Co. · 152 Conn. 101
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance v. Brenckman · 148 Conn. 391
Lebowitz v. McPike · 157 Conn. 235
Morgillo v. Evergreen Cemetery Assn. · 152 Conn. 169
Trani v. Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation · 142 Conn. 541
R. H. Stearns Co. v. United States · 291 U.S. 54
Szela v. Johnson Motor Lines, Inc. · 145 Conn. 714
State v. Hanna · 150 Conn. 457
Jenkins v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America · 152 Conn. 249
Krattenstein v. G. Fox & Co. · 155 Conn. 609
Kostyal v. Cass · 163 Conn. 92
Martyn v. Donlin · 151 Conn. 402
Desmarais v. Pinto · 147 Conn. 109
DeCarufel v. Colonial Trust Co. · 143 Conn. 18
Busker v. United Illuminating Co. · 156 Conn. 456
Wright v. Coe & Anderson, Inc. · 156 Conn. 145
Hally v. Hospital of St. Raphael · 162 Conn. 352

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Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 249 Conn. 36
New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church v. Fisher · 182 Conn. 272
S.H.V.C., Inc. v. Roy · 188 Conn. 503
Hoelter v. Mohawk Service, Inc. · 170 Conn. 495
Green v. Connecticut Disposal Service, Inc. · 62 Conn. App. 83
Snow v. Calise · 174 Conn. 567
Reinke v. Greenwich Hospital Assn. · 175 Conn. 24
Fisette v. DiPietro · 28 Conn. App. 379
River Dock & Pile, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of North America · 57 Conn. App. 227
Preisner v. Illman · 470 A.2d 1237
City of Bristol v. Vogelsonger · 21 Conn. App. 600
Bauman & Garrity of Lakeville, Inc. v. George E. Emerson, Inc. · 14 Conn. App. 261
Heyman Associates No. 1 v. Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania · 231 Conn. 756
Habetz v. Condon · 224 Conn. 231
Wadia Enterprises, Inc. v. Hirschfeld · 224 Conn. 240
Johnson v. Flammia · 169 Conn. 491
Fraser v. Henninger · 173 Conn. 52
Blanchette v. Barrett · 229 Conn. 256
Griffin v. Nationwide Moving & Storage Co. · 187 Conn. 405
Spring v. Constantino · 168 Conn. 563
Hanover Insurance v. Fireman's Fund Insurance · 217 Conn. 340
State v. Avcollie · 178 Conn. 450
DeLuca v. C. W. Blakeslee & Sons, Inc. · 174 Conn. 535
State v. White · 169 Conn. 223
Healy v. White · 173 Conn. 438

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