Safeco Insurance v. Gilstrap

Decided March 29, 1983. Keith F. Sparks wrote the opinion for the court.

141 Cal. App. 3d 524 · Cited 70 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.

• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Partridge · 514 P.2d 123
• Bankert Ex Rel. Habush v. Threshermen's Mutual Ins. Co. · 313 N.W.2d 854
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Camara · 63 Cal. App. 3d 48
• Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. Kosies · 602 P.2d 517
• Upland Mutual Insurance, Inc. v. Noel · 519 P.2d 737
• Barnstable County Mutual Fire Insurance v. Lally · 373 N.E.2d 966
• Herzog v. National American Insurance · 465 P.2d 841
• National Indemnity Co. v. Farmers Home Mutual Insurance · 95 Cal. App. 3d 102
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Kohl · 131 Cal. App. 3d 1031
• Allstate Insurance v. Jones · 139 Cal. App. 3d 271
• Syah v. Johnson · 247 Cal. App. 2d 534
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance · 547 S.W.2d 757
• Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Abdullah · 94 Cal. App. 3d 81
• Glens Falls Insurance v. Rich · 49 Cal. App. 3d 390
• Highlands Ins. Co. v. UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INS. · 92 Cal. App. 3d 171
• Nault v. Smith · 194 Cal. App. 2d 257
• McBride v. Farmers Insurance Group · 130 Cal. App. 3d 258
• Transport Indemnity Co. v. W. D. Schnack · 131 Cal. App. 3d 149
• Phelps v. Allstate Insurance · 106 Cal. App. 3d 752

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• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Keenan · 171 Cal. App. 3d 1
• National American Insurance v. Coburn · 209 Cal. App. 3d 914
• National Union Fire Insurance v. Lynette C. · 228 Cal. App. 3d 1073
• Atlas Assurance Co. v. McCombs Corp. · 146 Cal. App. 3d 135
• Huggins v. Tri-County Bonding Co. · 337 S.E.2d 12
• Winans v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 743 F. Supp. 733
• Underwriters Insurance v. Purdie · 145 Cal. App. 3d 57
• Garvey v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 770 P.2d 704
• Farmers Insurance Group v. Johnson · 715 P.2d 144
• Prince v. United National Insurance · 47 Cal. Rptr. 3d 727
• Hydro Systems, Inc. v. Continental Insurance · 717 F. Supp. 700
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Salas · 222 Cal. App. 3d 268
• Belmonte v. Employers Insurance · 99 Cal. Rptr. 2d 661
• Bay Area Bank v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland · 629 F. Supp. 693
• Daggs v. Foremost Insurance · 148 Cal. App. 3d 726
• Homestead Ins. Co. v. Ryness Co. · 851 F. Supp. 1441
• Marquis v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 961 P.2d 1213
• Ray v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 200 Cal. App. 3d 1411
• Century Transit Systems, Inc. v. American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance · 42 Cal. App. 4th 121
• California Casualty Insurance v. Northland Insurance · 48 Cal. App. 4th 1682
• Fortune v. Wong · 702 P.2d 299
• Taylor v. American Fire & Casualty Co. · 925 P.2d 1279
• Oahu Transit Services, Inc. v. Northfield Insurance Co. · 112 P.3d 717
• Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty Co., Ltd. v. Chief Clerk of the First Circuit Court · 713 P.2d 427
• Suarez v. Life Insurance Co. of North America · 206 Cal. App. 3d 1396

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