Paulson v. Western Life Insurance

Decided December 2, 1981. Jacob Tanzer wrote the opinion for the court.

636 P.2d 935 · Cited 55 times

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• Elfstrom v. New York Life Insurance · 67 Cal. 2d 503
• Bowes v. Lakeside Industries, Inc. · 209 N.W.2d 900
• Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 277 U.S. 311
• Schaffer v. Mill Owners Mutual Insurance · 407 P.2d 614
• Continental Life Insurance v. Chamberlain · 132 U.S. 304
• Wyoming Sawmills, Inc. v. Transportation Insurance · 578 P.2d 1253
• Walker v. Farmers' Ins. · 51 Iowa 679
• Boseman v. Connecticut General Life Insurance · 301 U.S. 196
• State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. Sevier · 537 P.2d 88
• Bunn v. MONARCH LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · 478 P.2d 363
• Donahoe v. Eugene Planing Mill · 450 P.2d 762
• Connecticut General Life Insurance v. Speer · 48 S.W.2d 553
• City of Rogue River v. DeBoer · 605 P.2d 697
• Beeson v. Hegstad · 261 P.2d 381
• Penn v. Barrett · 541 P.2d 1282
• Phillips v. City of Bend · 234 P.2d 572
• Hayes Truck Lines v. Investors Insurance Corp. · 525 P.2d 1289
• Edwards v. Freeman · 34 Cal. 2d 589
• Continental Insurance v. Ruckman · 127 Ill. 364

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• Port of Portland v. Water Quality Insurance Syndicate · 549 F. Supp. 233
• National Federation of Retired Persons v. Insurance Commissioner · 838 P.2d 680
• Farley v. Northwest Marine Iron Works · 724 F. Supp. 1274
• Kirkpatrick v. Boston Mutual Life Insurance · 473 N.E.2d 173
• Chicago Title Insurance v. Office of the Insurance Commissioner · 178 Wash. 2d 120
• Unum Life Insurance Co. of America v. Ward · 526 U.S. 358
• Wiggins v. Barrett & Associates, Inc. · 669 P.2d 1132
• Mauri v. Smith · 929 P.2d 307
• Northern National Life Insurance v. Lacy J. Miller MacHine Co. · 316 S.E.2d 256
• Aste v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 728 N.E.2d 629
• State v. Yong Shik Won · 137 Haw. 330
• Abbiati v. Buttura & Sons, Inc. · 639 A.2d 988
• Middleton v. Russell Group, Ltd. · 483 S.E.2d 727
• State v. Curtis. · 139 Haw. 486

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