O'Donnell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Decided January 4, 1979. Blair Moody Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

273 N.W.2d 829 · Cited 192 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.

• Shavers v. Attorney General · 267 N.W.2d 72
• Bowser v. Jacobs · 194 N.W.2d 110
• Fox v. Employment Security Commission · 153 N.W.2d 644
• Manistee Bank & Trust Co. v. McGowan · 232 N.W.2d 636
• Boettner v. State Farm Mutual Insurance · 201 N.W.2d 795
• Blakeslee v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance · 201 N.W.2d 786
• Advisory Opinion Re Constitutionality of 1972 PA 294 · 1972 PA 294
• Shelley v. Kraemer · 334 U.S. 1
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726
• Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · 431 U.S. 471
• Mathews v. De Castro · 429 U.S. 181
• Califano v. Jobst · 434 U.S. 47
• Orient Insurance v. Daggs · 172 U.S. 557
• United States v. Carolene Products Co. · 304 U.S. 144
• Civil Rights Cases · 109 U.S. 3
• McAvoy v. H B Sherman Co. · 258 N.W.2d 414
• Travelers Insurance v. National Farmers Union Property & Casualty Co. · 480 S.W.2d 585
• Shavers v. Attorney General · 237 N.W.2d 325
• Michigan Canners & Freezers Assn. v. Agricultural Marketing & Bargaining Board · 397 Mich. 337
• Pollock v. Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance · 261 N.W.2d 554
• Hawkins v. Auto-Owners Insurance · 268 N.W.2d 534
• Smart v. Citizens Mutual Insurance · 268 N.W.2d 273
• Wysocki v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange · 258 N.W.2d 561
• Greene v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 268 N.W.2d 703
• Pinnick v. Cleary · 271 N.E.2d 592

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• Jarosz v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange · 418 Mich. 565
• LeBlanc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 301 N.W.2d 775
• Perez v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 344 N.W.2d 773
• Crowley v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange · 407 N.W.2d 372
• Michigan Educational Employees Mutual Insurance v. Morris · 596 N.W.2d 142
• Thompson v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange · 344 N.W.2d 764
• Popma v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n. · 521 N.W.2d 831
• Mathis v. Interstate Motor Freight System · 289 N.W.2d 708
• Auto-Owners Insurance v. Perry · 566 N.W.2d 10
• Franges v. General Motors Corp. · 274 N.W.2d 392
• Moore v. Travelers Insurance · 475 F. Supp. 891
• Tebo v. Havlik · 343 N.W.2d 181
• Cameron v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n · 718 N.W.2d 784
• Miller v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 302 N.W.2d 537
• Profit v. Citizens Insurance Co. of America · 506 N.W.2d 514
• Davey v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange · 322 N.W.2d 541
• Morgan v. Citizens Insurance Co. of America · 442 N.W.2d 626
• Gregory v. Transamerica Insurance · 391 N.W.2d 312
• Beaver v. Auto-Owners Insurance · 286 N.W.2d 884
• West v. Rollhaven Skating Arena · 306 N.W.2d 408
• Babbitt v. Employers Ins. of Wausau · 355 N.W.2d 635
• Wolford v. Travelers Insurance · 285 N.W.2d 383
• Kiefer v. General Casualty Co. of Wisconsin · 381 N.W.2d 205
• Smith v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange · 124 Mich. App. 514
• Smith v. Physicians Health Plan, Inc · 514 N.W.2d 150

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