Roach v. Atlas Life Insurance Co.

Decided February 21, 1989. Yvonne Kauger wrote the opinion for the court.

769 P.2d 158 · Cited 88 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.

• Timmons v. Royal Globe Insurance Co. · 653 P.2d 907
• Schoeman v. New York Life Insurance · 726 P.2d 1
• Pepper v. Peacher · 742 P.2d 21
• McCorkle v. Great Atlantic Insurance Co. · 637 P.2d 583
• Buckner v. General Motors Corp. · 760 P.2d 803
• Timmons v. Royal Globe Insurance Co. · 713 P.2d 589
• Rodgers v. Tecumseh Bank · 756 P.2d 1223
• Shea v. Shea · 537 P.2d 417
• State Ex Rel. Cartwright v. Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. · 640 P.2d 1341
• Christian v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. · 566 P.2d 445
• Waggoner v. Johnston · 408 P.2d 761
• Forston v. Heisler · 341 P.2d 252
• Mid-Central Towing Co. v. National Bank of Tulsa · 348 P.2d 327
• Zahn v. General Insurance Co. of America · 611 P.2d 645

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• Rednour v. JC & P PARTNERSHIP · 2000 OK CIV APP 10
• Harder v. F.C. Clinton, Inc. · 1997 OK 137
• Goodwin v. Old Republic Insurance Co. · 828 P.2d 431
• HENSLEY v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. · 398 P.3d 11
• Anderson Ex Rel. Anderson v. American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co. · 2001 OK CIV APP 141
• Goff v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance · 229 W. Va. 568
• Weldon v. Dunn · 1998 OK 80
• Williams v. Tulsa Motels · 1998 OK 42
• Lewis v. Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Inc. · 78 F. Supp. 2d 1202
• Anderson v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 1997 OK 124
• Estate of Plautz v. Time Ins. Co. · 525 N.W.2d 342
• Badillo v. Mid Century Insurance Co. · 2005 OK 48
• May v. Mid-Century Insurance Co. · 2006 OK 100
• Brown v. Patel · 2007 OK 16
• Handy v. City of Lawton · 835 P.2d 870
• Barker v. State Insurance Fund · 2001 OK 94
• Scott v. Archon Group, L.P. · 2008 OK 45
• Walker v. Group Health Services, Inc. · 2001 OK 2
• Prichard v. City of Oklahoma City · 1999 OK 5
• Kuykendall v. Gulfstream Aerospace Technologies · 2002 OK 96
• Campbell v. American International Group, Inc. · 1999 OK CIV APP 37
• Ellis v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. · 2009 OK CIV APP 29
• Minie v. Hudson · 934 P.2d 1082
• Shebester v. Triple Crown Insurers · 826 P.2d 603
• Kraszewski v. Baptist Medical Center of Oklahoma, Inc. · 916 P.2d 241

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