State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Prete v. Merchants Property Ins. Co. of Ind.

Decided April 6, 1976. Edwin F. Flowers wrote the opinion for the court.

223 S.E.2d 441 · Cited 80 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.

Keffer v. Prudential Insurance Company of America · 172 S.E.2d 714
Hereford v. Meek · 52 S.E.2d 740
Lewis v. Dils Motor Company · 135 S.E.2d 597
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Allstate Insurance · 175 S.E.2d 478
Wilson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 128 N.W.2d 218
Stone v. National Surety Corporation · 125 S.E.2d 618
Atkins v. STONEWALL CASUALTY COMPANY · 181 S.E.2d 269
Laraway v. Heart of America Life Insurance Co. · 167 S.E.2d 749
Commonwealth Tire Co. v. Tri-State Tire Co. · 193 S.E.2d 544
Marson Coal Co. v. Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania · 210 S.E.2d 747
National Grange Mutual Insurance v. Wyoming County Insurance Agency, Inc. · 195 S.E.2d 151
Parkway Fuel Service, Inc. v. Pauley · 220 S.E.2d 439
Kansas City Fire & Marine Insurance Company v. Clark · 217 F. Supp. 231
Lusk v. Aetna Life Insurance Company · 195 S.E.2d 163

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