Smith v. Equifax Services, Inc.

Decided December 2, 1988. J. Gorman Houston Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

537 So. 2d 463 · Cited 242 times

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• Royal Neighbors of America v. Fortenberry · 107 So. 846
• Mills v. Welk · 470 So. 2d 1226
• Tucker v. Nichols · 431 So. 2d 1263
• Old Southern Life Insurance Company v. Woodall · 326 So. 2d 726
• MUTUAL BENEFIT HEALTH & A. ASS'N OF OMAHA v. Bullard · 120 So. 2d 714
• Holley v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. · 396 So. 2d 75
• Gillilan v. Federated Guar. Life Ins. Co. · 447 So. 2d 668
• Retail Credit Co. v. Garraway · 126 So. 2d 271
• Harrell v. Reynolds Metals Co. · 495 So. 2d 1381
• National States Ins. Co. v. Jones · 393 So. 2d 1361
• Berry v. City of New York Ins. Co. · 98 So. 290
• Costarides v. Miller · 374 So. 2d 1335
• Willis v. Demopolis Nursing Home, Inc. · 336 So. 2d 1117
• Browning v. Birmingham News · 348 So. 2d 455
• Sanford v. Western Life Ins. Co. · 368 So. 2d 260
• Bank of Southeast v. Koslin · 380 So. 2d 826
• Zeigler v. Blount Bros. Const. Co. · 364 So. 2d 1163
• Bates v. L & N EMP. CREDIT U. · 374 So. 2d 323

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