State Supreme Court / Ala.

State Farm Automobile Insurance Co. v. Reaves

Decided March 7, 1974. James N. Bloodworth wrote the opinion for the court.

292 So. 2d 95 · Cited 107 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Higgins v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company · 282 So. 2d 301
Gulf American Fire & Casualty Company v. Gowan · 218 So. 2d 688
State Ex Rel. Bates v. Baumhauer · 195 So. 869
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Cahoon · 252 So. 2d 619
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. v. Smith · 194 So. 2d 830
Shipley v. American Standard Insurance Co. of Wis. · 158 N.W.2d 238
Great American Insurance v. Railroad Furniture Salvage of Mobile, Inc. · 162 So. 2d 488
Ex Parte Rice · 92 So. 2d 16
State v. Bay Towing & Dredging Company · 90 So. 2d 743
Metcalf v. Department of Industrial Relations · 16 So. 2d 787
State Ex Rel. Austin v. Black · 139 So. 431
Henry v. McCormack Bros. Motor Car Co. · 167 So. 256
Touart v. American Cyanamid Co. · 35 So. 2d 484
Jones v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Co. · 163 S.E.2d 306
&198tna Life Ins. Co. v. Wade · 97 So. 636
Nunez v. Borden · 147 So. 166
Broaddus v. Johnson · 179 So. 215
Long v. Talladega Nat. Bank · 182 So. 14
Mullis v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 252 So. 2d 229
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Martin · 289 So. 2d 606
Hooper v. Birchfield · 115 Ala. 226

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State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Jackson · 462 So. 2d 346
Lambert v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company · 331 So. 2d 260
Federated Mut. Ins. Co., Inc. v. Vaughn · 961 So. 2d 816
Billups v. Ala. Farm Bur. Mut. Cas. Ins. Co. · 352 So. 2d 1097
Grimes v. Alfa Mutual Insurance Co. · 227 So. 3d 475
Employers' Fire Insurance v. Baker · 383 A.2d 1005
Ala. Farm Bur. Mut. Cas. Ins. Co. v. Mitchell · 373 So. 2d 1129
General Mutual Insurance Company v. Gilmore · 319 So. 2d 675
Peachtree Cas. Ins. Co., Inc. v. Sharpton · 768 So. 2d 368
Argonaut Great Central Insurance v. Mitchell · 775 F. Supp. 2d 1322
LeFevre v. Westberry · 590 So. 2d 154
Thomas v. Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co. · 368 So. 2d 254
Fernandez v. Selected Risks Insurance Company · 412 A.2d 755
Sullivan v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. · 513 So. 2d 992
Elmore County Com'n v. Ragona · 561 So. 2d 1092
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Bradley · 309 So. 2d 826
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Wallace · 743 So. 2d 448
Safeway Ins. Co. of Ala., Inc. v. Thomas · 264 So. 3d 98
Safeway Ins. Co. of Ala., Inc. v. Thomas · 264 So. 3d 98
Alabama Farm Bureau Mut. Cas. Ins. Co. v. Pigott · 393 So. 2d 1379
Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. United Services Auto. Ass'n · 359 So. 2d 380
Canal Indem. Co. v. Burns · 682 So. 2d 399
Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Billups · 366 So. 2d 1109
Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurace v. Gartelman · 405 A.2d 779
James v. Allstate Insurance Company, Inc. · 331 So. 2d 682

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