Safeco Insurance Co. of America v. Jones

Decided December 17, 1970. Pelham J. Merrill wrote the opinion for the court.

243 So. 2d 736 · Cited 85 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.

• Vernon v. Harleysville Mutual Casualty Co. · 135 S.E.2d 841
• Sellers v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 185 So. 2d 689
• Harleysville Mutual Casualty Co. v. Blumling · 429 Pa. 389
• Bryant v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 205 Va. 897
• Stephens v. Allied Mutual Insurance Company · 156 N.W.2d 133
• Moore v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company Group · 155 S.E.2d 128
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Howe · 106 N.H. 422
• Geyer v. Reserve Insurance Company · 447 P.2d 556
• Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Williams · 167 S.E.2d 174
• Transportation Insurance Company v. Wade · 461 P.2d 190
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. De La Cruz · 214 So. 2d 909
• Grunfeld v. Pacific Automobile Insurance · 232 Cal. App. 2d 4
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Bafus · 466 P.2d 159
• Harris v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance · 448 S.W.2d 652

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• Employers Liability Assur. Corp., Ltd. v. Jackson · 270 So. 2d 806
• McKinney v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance · 33 So. 3d 1203
• Gaught v. Evans · 361 So. 2d 1027
• Almeida v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Company · 298 So. 2d 260
• State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Motley · 909 So. 2d 806
• Lambert v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company · 331 So. 2d 260
• Hogan v. Allstate Insurance Company · 255 So. 2d 35
• Batchelor v. Brye · 421 So. 2d 1267
• Lambert v. State Farm · 576 So. 2d 160
• Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Clem · 273 So. 2d 218
• Star Freight, Inc. v. Sheffield · 587 So. 2d 946
• Phen v. Progressive Northern Insurance Co. · 2003 SD 133
• Goodrich v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. · 423 F. Supp. 838
• Dancy v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company · 324 F. Supp. 964
• Higgins v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company · 282 So. 2d 301
• Talbot v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. · 291 So. 2d 699
• Shoffner v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 494 S.W.2d 756
• Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Humphrey · 308 So. 2d 255
• Rashid v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 787 P.2d 1066
• Rohleder v. Family Shows, Inc. · 435 So. 2d 95
• Pickering v. American Employers Insurance · 282 A.2d 584
• Keel v. MFA Insurance Company · 553 P.2d 153
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Cahoon · 252 So. 2d 619

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