State Supreme Court / Ala.

Porterfield v. Audubon Indem. Co.

Decided November 22, 2002. R. Bernard Harwood Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

856 So. 2d 789 · Cited 59 times

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Lititz Mutual Insurance v. Steely · 785 A.2d 975
Sullins v. Allstate Insurance · 340 Md. 503
Shalimar Contractors, Inc. v. American States Insurance · 975 F. Supp. 1450
Atlantic Mutual Insurance v. McFadden · 595 N.E.2d 762
US Fidelity & Guar. Co. v. Armstrong · 479 So. 2d 1164
American States Insurance v. Koloms · 687 N.E.2d 72
Westview Associates v. Guaranty National Insurance · 740 N.E.2d 220
Peace Ex Rel. Lerner v. Northwestern National Insurance · 596 N.W.2d 429
Associated Scrap Metal, Inc. v. Royal Globe Insurance · 927 F. Supp. 432
Haman, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co. · 18 F. Supp. 2d 1306
Pacific Indemnity Company v. Run-A-Ford Company · 161 So. 2d 789
Essex Ins. Co. v. Avondale Mills, Inc. · 639 So. 2d 1339
Hicks v. American Resources Ins. Co. · 544 So. 2d 952
Continental Casualty Co. v. Rapid-American Corp. · 80 N.Y.2d 640
Ladner Co., Inc. v. Southern Guaranty Ins. · 347 So. 2d 100
St. Leger v. American Fire & Casualty Insurance · 870 F. Supp. 641
Madison Construction Co. v. Harleysville Mutual Insurance · 735 A.2d 100
Morton International, Inc. v. General Accident Insurance · 629 A.2d 831
Goldberg v. Lumber Mutual Casualty Insurance · 77 N.E.2d 131
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Slade · 747 So. 2d 293
Deni Associates of Florida, Inc. v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Ins. Co. · 711 So. 2d 1135
Acceptance Ins. Co. v. Brown · 832 So. 2d 1
Mistick, Inc. v. Northwestern National Casualty Co. · 806 A.2d 39
Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Goodman · 188 So. 2d 268
St. Paul Mercury Ins. v. Chilton-Shelby · 595 So. 2d 1375

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