Scott-Pontzer v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance

Decided June 23, 1999. Deborah L. Cook wrote the opinion for the court.

85 Ohio St. 3d 660 · Cited 871 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.

• King v. Nationwide Insurance · 35 Ohio St. 3d 208
• Phillips v. Cincinnati Insurance · 60 Ohio St. 2d 180
• Alexander v. Buckeye Pipe Line Co. · 53 Ohio St. 2d 241
• Ady v. West American Insurance · 69 Ohio St. 2d 593
• Home Indemnity Co. v. Village of Plymouth · 64 N.E.2d 248
• Gyori v. Johnston Coca-Cola Bottling Group, Inc. · 76 Ohio St. 3d 565
• Faruque v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance · 31 Ohio St. 3d 34
• Wurzburg v. New York Life Ins. · 140 Tenn. 59

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• Herschell v. Rudolph, Unpublished Decision (4-12-2002)
• Cincinnati Ins. Co. v. Lang, Unpublished Decision (6-20-2003)
• Roberts v. Wausau Business Insurance · 778 N.E.2d 594
• Dorsey v. Federal Insurance · 798 N.E.2d 47
• American Mfr. Mut. Ins. v. Kurtz, Unpublished Decision (11-29-2005) · 2005 Ohio 6452
• Allen v. Johnson, Unpublished Decision (5-22-2002)
• Agudo De Uzhca v. Derham, Unpublished Decision (4-5-2002)
• Peterson v. TIG Specialty Insurance · 211 F. Supp. 2d 1013
• Kasson v. Goodman, Unpublished Decision (6-7-2002)
• Tharp v. Berdanier, Unpublished Decision (12-10-2003) · 2003 Ohio 6589
• Galusha v. Pass, Unpublished Decision (3-7-2003)
• Indiana Ins. v. Farmers Ins., Unpublished Decision (4-12-2005) · 2005 Ohio 1774
• Indiana Ins. v. Federal Ins., Unpublished Decision (4-12-2005) · 2005 Ohio 1770
• White v. American Mfr. Mut. Ins. Co., Unpublished Decision (8-9-2002)
• Detillion v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co, Unpublished Decision (1-27-2004) · 2004 Ohio 949
• Frank v. Cincinnati Insurance Company, Unpublished Decision (7-12-1999)
• American Motorists Ins. Co. v. Unger, Unpublished Decision (4-15-2003)
• Hillabrand v. American Family Mutual Insurance · 713 N.W.2d 494
• Renter v. Anthony, Unpublished Decision (10-30-2003) · 2003 Ohio 5812
• Radwansky v. Hartford Insurance Co., Unpublished Decision (6-12-2003)
• Akron Gen. Med. Ctr. v. James, Unpublished Decision (3-25-2003)
• Gibson v. New Hampshire Insurance · 178 F. Supp. 2d 921

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