Patrons-Oxford Mutual Insurance v. Dodge

Decided March 12, 1981. Suidney W. Wernick wrote the opinion for the court.

426 A.2d 888 · Cited 82 times

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• Ambassador Insurance Company v. Montes · 388 A.2d 603
• Nielsen v. St. Paul Companies · 583 P.2d 545
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Company v. Muth · 207 N.W.2d 364
• City of Burns v. Northwestern Mutual Insurance · 434 P.2d 465
• Farm Bureau Mutual Ins. Co. v. Waugh · 188 A.2d 889
• Wescott v. Allstate Insurance · 397 A.2d 156
• Hossler Ex Rel. Dows v. Barry · 403 A.2d 762
• Northwestern National Casualty Co. v. Phalen · 597 P.2d 720
• Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co., Mansfield v. Blackburn Ex Rel. Blackburn · 477 P.2d 62
• State v. Dodge · 397 A.2d 588

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• Allstate Insurance v. Freeman · 443 N.W.2d 734
• Hanover Insurance Co v. Hayward · 464 A.2d 156
• Vt. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Ben-Ami · 193 A.3d 178
• State Auto Mutual Insurance v. McIntyre Ex Rel. Buck · 652 F. Supp. 1177
• Royal Insurance Co. v. Pinette · 2000 ME 155
• Shell Oil Co. v. Winterthur Swiss Insurance · 12 Cal. App. 4th 715
• Maine Mutual Fire Insurance v. Gervais · 1998 ME 197
• Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. Estate of Eric E. Benson · 2015 ME 155
• Transamerica Insurance Group v. Meere · 694 P.2d 181
• State Mutual Insurance v. Bragg · 589 A.2d 35
• Perreault v. Maine Bonding & Casualty Co. · 568 A.2d 1100
• Quaker State Minit-Lube, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance · 868 F. Supp. 1278
• Honeycomb Systems, Inc. v. Admiral Insurance · 567 F. Supp. 1400
• Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance v. Graham · 537 N.E.2d 510
• Fire Insurance Exchange v. Berray · 694 P.2d 191
• Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance v. Brennan · 534 A.2d 353
• Breland v. Schilling · 550 So. 2d 609
• James Graham Brown Foundation, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. · 814 S.W.2d 273
• Baybutt Construction Corp. v. Commercial Union Insurance · 455 A.2d 914
• West Virginia Fire & Casualty Co. v. Stanley · 602 S.E.2d 483
• American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Johnson · 816 P.2d 952
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