State Supreme Court / Fla.

State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Palma

Decided December 23, 1993. Major B. Harding wrote the opinion for the court.

629 So. 2d 830 · Cited 152 times

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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.

Standard Guar. Ins. Co. v. Quanstrom · 555 So. 2d 828
State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Palma · 585 So. 2d 329
Florida Patient's Compensation Fund v. Rowe · 472 So. 2d 1145
Insurance Co. of North America v. Lexow · 602 So. 2d 528
Crittenden Orange Blossom Fruit v. Stone · 514 So. 2d 351
US SEC. Ins. Co. v. Cole · 579 So. 2d 153
Travieso v. Travieso · 474 So. 2d 1184
B & L MOTORS, INC. v. Bignotti · 427 So. 2d 1070
Gibson v. Walker · 380 So. 2d 531
State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Palma · 555 So. 2d 836
State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Palma · 524 So. 2d 1035
Palma v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. · 489 So. 2d 147
Ganson v. State, Dept. of Admin. · 554 So. 2d 522
DEPARTMENT OF ADMIN., OFFICE OF STATE EMPLOYEES'INS. v. Ganson · 566 So. 2d 791

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