State Court of Appeals / Ala. Civ. App.

State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Owen

Decided March 12, 1999. Perry O. Hooper Sr. wrote the opinion for the court.

729 So. 2d 834 · Cited 132 times

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Jim Short Ford Sales, Inc. v. Washington · 384 So. 2d 83
Moseley v. Alabama Power Co. · 21 So. 2d 305
Gilbert v. Gwin-McCollum Funeral Home, Inc. · 106 So. 2d 646
Berkel & Co. Contractors v. Providence Hosp. · 454 So. 2d 496
Tenuto v. Lederle Laboratories, Division of American Cyanamid Co. · 687 N.E.2d 1300
Lowder Realty, Inc. v. Odom · 495 So. 2d 23
Sungas, Inc. v. Perry · 450 So. 2d 1085
Hand v. Butts · 270 So. 2d 789
Foremost Ins. Co. v. Parham · 693 So. 2d 409
Miller v. Griesel · 308 N.E.2d 701
Ollerman v. O'Rourke Co., Inc. · 288 N.W.2d 95
Bernethy v. Walt Failor's, Inc. · 653 P.2d 280
Baker v. Bennett · 603 So. 2d 928
Hardy v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield · 585 So. 2d 29
King v. National Foundation Life Ins. Co. · 541 So. 2d 502
Southern Union Gas Co. v. Briner Rust Proofing Co. · 331 P.2d 531
Jones Distributing Co. v. White Consolidated Industries, Inc. · 943 F. Supp. 1445
Mattingly v. First Bank of Lincoln · 947 P.2d 66
Ballard v. Lee · 671 So. 2d 1368
Whataburger, Inc. v. Rockwell · 706 So. 2d 1220
Hayes v. Nagata · 730 P.2d 914
St. Francis Medical Center v. Superior Court · 194 Cal. App. 3d 668
West v. Founders Life Assur. Co. of Florida · 547 So. 2d 870
Bussey v. John Deere Co. · 531 So. 2d 860
Mundy v. Dept. of Health & Human Res. · 620 So. 2d 811

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