Sentinel Insurance Co. v. First Insurance Co. of Hawai'i, Ltd.

Decided June 24, 1994. Ronald T.Y. Moon wrote the opinion for the court.

875 P.2d 894 · Cited 149 times

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• Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co. · 419 P.2d 168
• Polaroid Corp. v. the Travelers Indemnity Co. · 610 N.E.2d 912
• Standard Oil Co. v. Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty Co. · 2 Haw. App. 451
• Hogan v. Midland National Insurance · 476 P.2d 825
• American Home Products Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 565 F. Supp. 1485
• Chemstar, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 797 F. Supp. 1541
• TBG, Inc. v. Commercial Union Insurance · 806 F. Supp. 1444
• Servidone Construction Corp. v. Security Insurance · 64 N.Y.2d 419
• Tomerlin v. Canadian Indemnity Co. · 61 Cal. 2d 638
• Harford County v. Harford Mutual Insurance · 610 A.2d 286
• Kaneohe Bay Cruises, Inc. v. Hirata · 861 P.2d 1
• Thornton v. Paul · 384 N.E.2d 335
• Missionaries of the Co. of Mary, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 155 Conn. 104
• Spruill Motors, Inc. v. Universal Underwriters Insurance · 512 P.2d 403
• Trustees of Tufts University v. Commercial Union Insurance · 616 N.E.2d 68
• Hirst v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance · 683 P.2d 440
• Farmers Ins. Co. of Arizona v. Vagnozzi · 675 P.2d 703
• Commerce & Industry Insurance v. Bank of Hawaii · 832 P.2d 733
• Home Insurance v. Landmark Insurance · 205 Cal. App. 3d 1388
• Prudential-LMI Commercial Insurance v. Superior Court · 798 P.2d 1230
• Isaacson v. California Insurance Guarantee Ass'n · 750 P.2d 297
• Uniroyal, Inc. v. Home Insurance · 707 F. Supp. 1368
• Garvey v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 770 P.2d 704
• Geddes & Smith, Inc. v. Saint Paul Mercuy Indemnity Co. · 51 Cal. 2d 558
• Timberline Equipment Co., Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance · 576 P.2d 1244

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• CIM Ins. Corp. v. Masamitsu · 74 F. Supp. 2d 975
• United States Gypsum Co. v. Admiral Insurance · 643 N.E.2d 1226
• Allstate Insurance v. Takeda · 243 F. Supp. 2d 1100
• Nautilus Ins. Co. v. K. Smith Builders, Ltd. · 725 F. Supp. 2d 1219
• Auto-Owners Ins. Co., Inc. v. Zurich US · 377 F. Supp. 2d 496
• Allstate Insurance v. Davis · 430 F. Supp. 2d 1112
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Gorospe · 106 F. Supp. 2d 1028
• Ferrer v. Ngo · 73 P.3d 73
• Kaneshiro v. Alamo Rent-A-Car, Inc. · 909 F. Supp. 752
• Great Divide Insurance v. AOAO Maluna Kai Estates · 492 F. Supp. 2d 1216
• Allstate Insurance v. Chesler · 478 F. Supp. 2d 1220
• Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Admiral Insurance · 897 P.2d 1
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• Boardman Petroleum, Inc. v. Federated Mutual Insurance · 498 S.E.2d 492
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• Joe Harden Builders, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 486 S.E.2d 89
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