State Supreme Court / N.M.

Rummel v. Lexington Insurance

Decided August 8, 1997. Gene Edward Franchini wrote the opinion for the court.

945 P.2d 970 · Cited 137 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.

C.R. Anthony Co. v. Loretto Mall Partners · 817 P.2d 238
West v. Pratt · 871 S.W.2d 477
Critz v. Farmers Insurance Group · 230 Cal. App. 2d 788
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Paynter · 593 P.2d 948
Jaramillo v. Providence Washington Insurance · 871 P.2d 1343
Federal Insurance v. Century Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n · 113 N.M. 162
Gardner-Zemke Co. v. State · 790 P.2d 1010
Home Insurance Co. v. Tooke · 496 N.W.2d 749
Mark V, Inc. v. Mellekas · 845 P.2d 1232
Knowles v. United Services Automobile Ass'n · 832 P.2d 394
Teigen v. Jelco of Wisconsin, Inc. · 367 N.W.2d 806
Jacobson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. · 81 N.M. 600
Kelley Co. v. Central National Insurance of Omaha · 662 F. Supp. 1284
First Bank (N.A.) v. Transamerica Insurance · 679 P.2d 1217
In Re Bracy · 449 F. Supp. 70
American Casualty Co. of Reading v. Bank of Montana System · 675 F. Supp. 538
Allstate Insurance v. United Services Automobile Ass'n · 249 Va. 9
Johnson v. Milgo Industrial, Inc. · 458 F. Supp. 297

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Ocana v. American Furniture Co. · 91 P.3d 58
Handmaker v. Henney · 992 P.2d 879
Ulibarri v. State of New Mexico Corrections Academy · 2006 NMSC 9
Dairyland Insurance v. Herman · 954 P.2d 56
Garcia-Montoya v. State Treasurer's Office · 16 P.3d 1084
Winters v. Charter Oak Fire Insurance · 4 F. Supp. 2d 1288
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