Rodman v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

Decided July 3, 1973. C Edwin Moore wrote the opinion for the court.

208 N.W.2d 903 · Cited 119 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.

• Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co. · 419 P.2d 168
• Allen v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 208 A.2d 638
• Gerhardt v. Continental Insurance · 48 N.J. 291
• Barnes v. Powell · 275 N.E.2d 377
• Loftin v. United States Fire Insurance · 127 S.E.2d 53
• Central Bearings Co. v. Wolverine Insurance Company · 179 N.W.2d 443
• Goodsell v. State Automobile & Casualty Underwriters · 153 N.W.2d 458
• Lammers v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 261 So. 2d 757
• Tudor v. American Employers Insurance · 173 S.E.2d 403
• Lofberg v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 264 Cal. App. 2d 306
• Umbarger v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 254 N.W. 87
• Barras v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company · 163 S.E.2d 759
• Kelsay & Unsatisfied Claim & Judgment Fund v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 219 A.2d 830
• Rolfsmeier v. Implement Dealers Mutual Insurance · 153 N.W.2d 367
• Holt v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 486 S.W.2d 734
• Stover v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Company · 189 N.W.2d 588
• Crow v. Shaeffer · 199 N.W.2d 45
• Qualls v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company · 184 N.W.2d 710
• Markham v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 326 F. Supp. 39
• Western Casualty & Surety Co. v. General Casualty Co. of Wisconsin · 200 N.W.2d 892
• Hanover Insurance Company v. Bramlitt · 228 So. 2d 288

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• Shelter General Insurance Co. v. Lincoln · 590 N.W.2d 726
• C & J Fertilizer, Inc. v. Allied Mutual Insurance Co. · 227 N.W.2d 169
• Lindahl v. Howe · 345 N.W.2d 548
• Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. v. Sandbulte · 302 N.W.2d 104
• Johnson v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. · 272 N.W.2d 870
• Zaragoza v. West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. · 549 N.W.2d 510
• Classic Insurance v. Reiger · 230 Ga. App. 498
• Leuchtenmacher v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. · 461 N.W.2d 291
• Krause v. Krause · 589 N.W.2d 721
• Michelle Postell v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. · 823 N.W.2d 35
• Allen v. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Co. · 839 P.2d 798
• Markline Co., Inc. v. Travelers Ins. Co. · 424 N.E.2d 464
• Kapadia v. Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Co. · 418 N.W.2d 848
• Benzer v. Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Ass'n · 216 N.W.2d 385
• McClure v. Employers Mutual Casualty Company · 238 N.W.2d 321
• Ferguson v. Allied Mutual Insurance Co. · 512 N.W.2d 296
• Clark-Peterson Co. v. Independent Insurance Associates, Ltd. · 492 N.W.2d 675
• Hinners v. Pekin Insurance Co. · 431 N.W.2d 345
• Grove v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance · 14 F. Supp. 2d 1101
• Burton v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 796 P.2d 1361
• Davenport Peters Co. v. Royal Globe Insurance · 490 F. Supp. 286
• Rivera v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance · 44 A.3d 498

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