Safeco Ins. Co. of America v. Sims

Decided June 3, 1983. Richard L. Jones wrote the opinion for the court.

435 So. 2d 1219 · Cited 63 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.

• National Sav. Life Ins. Co. v. Dutton · 419 So. 2d 1357
• Washington Nat. Ins. Co. v. Scott · 164 So. 303
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth · 300 U.S. 227
• Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Hicks · 133 So. 2d 221
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Anderson · 318 So. 2d 687
• National SEC. Fire & Cas. Co. v. Bowen · 417 So. 2d 179
• Campbell v. Regal Typewriter Co., Inc. · 341 So. 2d 120
• Dumas v. Southern Guaranty Ins. Co. · 408 So. 2d 86

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• Ex Parte Canal Ins. Co. · 534 So. 2d 582
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• Insurance Co. v. Citizensbank of Thomasville · 491 So. 2d 880
• Davis v. Cotton States Mut. Ins. Co. · 604 So. 2d 354
• Ex parte National Trust Insurance Company PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (In re: Timothy L . Bozeman v. Phoenix II Contracting, LLC)(Pike Circuit Court: CV-20-85).
• Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Miss. v. Campbell · 466 So. 2d 833
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• National Insurance Association v. Sockwell · 829 So. 2d 111
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• Jones v. Alabama Farm Bureau Mut. Cas. Co. · 507 So. 2d 396
• Jones v. Alfa Mutual Insurance Co. · 1 So. 3d 23
• Farmers & Merchants Bank v. Home Ins. Co. · 514 So. 2d 825
• Smith v. MBL Life Assur. Corp. · 589 So. 2d 691
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