Pickering v. American Employers Insurance

Decided October 13, 1971. Thomas F. Kelleher wrote the opinion for the court.

282 A.2d 584 · Cited 131 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.

• Harleysville Mutual Casualty Co. v. Blumling · 429 Pa. 389
• Aldcroft v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. · 259 A.2d 408
• Cooper v. Government Employees Insurance · 237 A.2d 870
• Bryant v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 205 Va. 897
• Stephens v. Allied Mutual Insurance Company · 156 N.W.2d 133
• Curran v. State Automobile Mutual Ins. · 25 Ohio St. 2d 33
• Safeco Insurance Co. of America v. Jones · 243 So. 2d 736
• Moore v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company Group · 155 S.E.2d 128
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Murphy · 177 S.E.2d 257
• Vernon v. Harleysville Mutual Casualty Co. · 135 S.E.2d 841
• In re the Arbitration between Vanguard Insurance & Polchlopek · 18 N.Y.2d 376
• Allstate Insurance Company v. Pietrosh · 454 P.2d 106
• Commerce Oil Refining Corporation v. Miner · 199 A.2d 606
• Russell v. Paulson · 417 P.2d 658
• Harris v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance · 448 S.W.2d 652
• Sellers v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 185 So. 2d 689
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Howe · 106 N.H. 422
• Patton v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America · 267 N.E.2d 859
• Allstate Insurance Company v. Fusco · 223 A.2d 447
• Providence Teachers Union, Local 958 v. School Committee · 108 R.I. 444
• Johnson v. Travelers Indemnity Company · 269 N.E.2d 700
• Horr v. DET. AUTO. INTER-INS. EXCH. · 153 N.W.2d 655
• Kirouac v. Healey · 104 N.H. 157
• Cinq-Mars v. Travelers Insurance Company · 218 A.2d 467
• Sherwood Ice Co. v. U. S. Casualty Co. · 100 A. 572

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• Employers' Fire Insurance v. Baker · 383 A.2d 1005
• VanMarter v. Royal Indemnity Co. · 556 A.2d 41
• Poulos v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 379 A.2d 362
• American States Insurance Company v. Joann LaFlam · 69 A.3d 831
• Nortek, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 858 F. Supp. 1231
• Bibeault v. Hanover Insurance · 417 A.2d 313
• Donahue v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company · 295 A.2d 693
• Constant v. Amica Mutual Insurance · 497 A.2d 343
• Cooley v. John M. Anderson Co. · 443 A.2d 435
• Stanko v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. · 397 A.2d 1325
• Brakeman v. Potomac Insurance Co. · 371 A.2d 193
• Ellis v. Rhode Island Public Transit Authority · 586 A.2d 1055
• DiTata v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 542 A.2d 245
• O'Coin v. Woonsocket Institution Trust Co. · 535 A.2d 1263
• Schrader v. Farmers Mutual Insurance · 608 N.W.2d 194
• Couture v. Pawtucket Credit Union · 765 A.2d 831
• Dixon v. American Re-Insurance Co. · 477 A.2d 85
• Uptegraft v. Home Insurance Co. · 662 P.2d 681
• Wescott v. Allstate Insurance · 397 A.2d 156
• Gleason v. Merchants Mutual Insurance · 589 F. Supp. 1474
• Oleson v. Farmers Insurance Group · 605 P.2d 166
• Great American Insurance v. C. G. Tate Construction Co. · 279 S.E.2d 769

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