State Farm General Insurance v. Emerson

Decided September 6, 1984. Robert F. Utter wrote the opinion for the court.

687 P.2d 1139 · Cited 237 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.

• Morgan v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America · 545 P.2d 1193
• Touchette v. Northwestern Mutual Insurance · 494 P.2d 479
• Progressive Casualty Insurance v. Jester · 683 P.2d 180
• MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co. · 111 N.E. 1050
• LaPlante v. State · 531 P.2d 299
• Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance v. Wiscomb · 643 P.2d 441
• Freehe v. Freehe · 500 P.2d 771
• Jacobsen v. State · 569 P.2d 1152
• Phil Schroeder, Inc. v. Royal Globe Insurance · 659 P.2d 509
• Trinity Universal Insurance v. Willrich · 124 P.2d 950
• Waite v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 467 P.2d 847
• Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance v. Wiscomb · 622 P.2d 1234
• Kelly v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 670 P.2d 267
• Goodier v. Hamilton · 19 P.2d 392
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Alstadt · 113 Cal. App. 3d 33
• State Ex Rel. Ralston v. Department of Licenses · 374 P.2d 571

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• Globe Indemnity Co. v. First American State Bank · 720 F. Supp. 853
• Spratt v. Crusader Ins. Co. · 37 P.3d 1269

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