Sheets v. Brethren Mutual Insurance

Decided July 26, 1996. Robert L. Karwacki wrote the opinion for the court.

679 A.2d 540 · Cited 137 times

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• Harleysville Mutual Casualty Company v. Harris & Brooks, Inc. · 235 A.2d 556
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Cochran · 337 Md. 98
• Ed. Winkler & Son, Inc. v. Ohio Casualty Insurance · 441 A.2d 1129
• Sullins v. Allstate Insurance · 340 Md. 503
• Brohawn v. Transamerica Insurance · 347 A.2d 842
• Gross v. Sussex Inc. · 630 A.2d 1156
• St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Pryseski · 438 A.2d 282
• Ellerin v. Fairfax Savings · 337 Md. 216
• Heat & Power Corp. v. Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. · 578 A.2d 1202
• Rex Roofing Co. v. Lumber Mutual Casualty Insurance · 280 A.D. 665
• State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance v. Treas · 255 A.2d 296
• Universal Underwriters Ins. Co. v. Youngblood · 549 So. 2d 76
• First Newton National Bank v. General Casualty Co. of Wisconsin · 426 N.W.2d 618
• Martens Chevrolet, Inc. v. Seney · 439 A.2d 534
• Hauenstein v. St. Paul-Mercury Indemnity Co. · 242 Minn. 354
• SL Industries, Inc. v. American Motorists Insurance · 607 A.2d 1266
• Weisman v. Connors · 540 A.2d 783
• Chatton v. National Union Fire Insurance · 10 Cal. App. 4th 846
• Village of Cross Keys, Inc. v. United States Gypsum Co. · 556 A.2d 1126
• Boggs v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. · 252 S.E.2d 565
• Clark v. London & Lancashire Indemnity Co. of America · 21 Wis. 2d 268
• Atkins v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. · 151 N.W.2d 846
• Employers Insurance Co. of Alabama, Inc. v. Alabama Roofing & Siding Co. · 124 So. 2d 261
• Penley v. Gulf Insurance Company · 414 P.2d 305
• First Wyoming Bank, N.A. v. Continental Insurance Co. · 860 P.2d 1094

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• Okwa v. Harper · 757 A.2d 118
• Lopata v. Miller · 712 A.2d 24
• Mitchell, Best & Visnic, Inc. v. Travelers Property Casualty Corp. · 121 F. Supp. 2d 848
• United States Fire Insurance v. Milton Co. · 35 F. Supp. 2d 83
• Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. v. Lexington Insurance Co. · 74 P.3d 294
• MAMSI Life & Health Insurance v. Callaway · 825 A.2d 995
• Vigilant Insurance Company v. Luppino · 723 A.2d 14
• Warfield-Dorsey Co. v. THE TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY CO. · 66 F. Supp. 2d 681
• Mutual Ben. Group v. Wise M. Bolt Co., Inc. · 227 F. Supp. 2d 469
• Allstate Life Insurance v. Fister · 765 A.2d 1024
• Applied Signal & Image Technology, Inc. v. Harleysville Mutual Insurance · 216 F. Supp. 2d 534
• Philip Morris Inc. v. Angeletti · 752 A.2d 200
• Travelers Indemnity Co. of America v. Moore & Associates, Inc. · 216 S.W.3d 302
• Commercial Union Insurance v. Porter Hayden Co. · 698 A.2d 1167
• Mesmer v. Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund · 725 A.2d 1053
• Megonnell v. United States Automobile Association · 796 A.2d 758

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