Sexton v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Decided February 24, 1982. Frank D. Celebrezze wrote the opinion for the court.

69 Ohio St. 2d 431 · Cited 126 times

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• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Sellers · 190 N.W.2d 789
• Abate v. Pioneer Mutual Casualty Co. · 22 Ohio St. 2d 161
• Ady v. West American Insurance · 69 Ohio St. 2d 593
• Curran v. State Automobile Mutual Ins. · 25 Ohio St. 2d 33
• Bartlett v. Nationwide Mutual Ins. · 33 Ohio St. 2d 50
• Motorists Mutual Insurance v. Speck · 393 N.E.2d 500

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• Bernabei v. Cincinnati Ins. Cos., Unpublished Decision (9-20-2004) · 2004 Ohio 4939
• Plott v. Colonial Insurance Company · 710 N.E.2d 740
• Hedges v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance · 109 Ohio St. 3d 70
• Moore v. State Automobile Mutual Insurance · 88 Ohio St. 3d 27
• Johnson v. American Family Insurance · 827 N.E.2d 403
• Moore v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co. · 2000 Ohio 264
• Brown v. Allstate Insurance · 610 N.E.2d 478
• Jordan v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 753 N.E.2d 209
• Wright v. Allstate Insurance Co., Unpublished Decision (9-13-2000)
• Forbes v. Harleysville Mutual Insurance · 589 A.2d 944
• Gibson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 704 N.E.2d 1
• Giant Eagle, Inc. v. Genesis Insurance · 252 F. Supp. 2d 559
• Peffley v. Motorists Ins. Group, 22086 (8-31-2007) · 2007 Ohio 4572
• Daley v. Allstate Ins. Co. · 958 P.2d 990
• Schaefer v. Allstate Insurance · 76 Ohio St. 3d 553
• Snyder v. American Family Insurance · 114 Ohio St. 3d 239
• Shay v. Shay · 164 Ohio App. 3d 518
• Coffield v. Allstate Insurance Company, Unpublished Decision (12-29-2000)
• Jordan v. State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co., Unpublished Decision (3-23-2000)
• Smith v. State Farm Insurance Companies, Unpublished Decision (10-26-2000)
• Bernabei v. Cincinnati Ins. Cos., Unpublished Decision (12-22-2004) · 2004 Ohio 7054
• Daley v. Allstate Insurance · 135 Wash. 2d 777
• Hinners v. Pekin Insurance Co. · 431 N.W.2d 345
• Atlanta Casualty Co. v. Gordon · 598 S.E.2d 70
• Aulizia v. Westfield Natl. Ins. Co., 2006-T-0057 (6-15-2007) · 2007 Ohio 3017

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