Putkamer v. Transamerica Insurance Corp. of America

Decided June 17, 1997. Dorothy Comstock Riley wrote the opinion for the court.

563 N.W.2d 683 · Cited 112 times

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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.

• Miller v. Auto-Owners Insurance Company · 309 N.W.2d 544
• Winter v. Auto. Club of Mich. · 446 N.W.2d 132
• Turner v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n · 528 N.W.2d 681
• Block v. Citizens Insurance Co. of America · 314 N.W.2d 536
• King v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 325 N.W.2d 528
• Quinto v. Cross and Peters Co. · 547 N.W.2d 314
• Bialochowski v. Cross Concrete Pumping Co. · 407 N.W.2d 355
• Gooden v. Transamerica Insurance Corp. of America · 420 N.W.2d 877
• Wills v. State Farm Ins. Cos. · 468 N.W.2d 511
• Cardinal Mooney High School v. Michigan High School Athletic Ass'n · 467 N.W.2d 21
• Thornton v. Allstate Insurance · 391 N.W.2d 320
• Shanafelt v. Allstate Insurance · 552 N.W.2d 671
• Bourne v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 534 N.W.2d 491
• Krueger v. Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. · 316 N.W.2d 474

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