Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. v. Knott

Decided December 19, 2003. Dale Wainwright wrote the opinion for the court.

128 S.W.3d 211 · Cited 3,329 times

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• Forbau Ex Rel. Miller v. Aetna Life Insurance Co. · 876 S.W.2d 132
• State Farm Life Insurance Co v. Beaston · 907 S.W.2d 430
• General American Indemnity Company v. Pepper · 339 S.W.2d 660
• Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Gossett · 111 S.W.2d 1066
• Iowa Mutual Insurance Company v. Faulkner · 300 S.W.2d 639
• Ehrig v. Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Ass'n · 84 S.W.3d 320
• Southwestern Electric Power Co. v. Grant · 73 S.W.3d 211
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• FM Properties Operating Co. v. City of Austin · 22 S.W.3d 868
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• Moreno v. Sterling Drug, Inc. · 787 S.W.2d 348
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• Haase v. Glazner · 62 S.W.3d 795
• Trinity Universal Insurance Co. v. Cowan · 945 S.W.2d 819
• Balandran v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America · 972 S.W.2d 738
• Ramsay v. Maryland American General Insurance Co. · 533 S.W.2d 344
• Celtic Life Insurance Co. v. Coats · 885 S.W.2d 96
• Texas Farmers Insurance Co. v. Murphy · 996 S.W.2d 873
• Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America v. Scott · 405 S.W.2d 64

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