State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Laforet

Decided April 20, 1995. Ben F. Overton wrote the opinion for the court.

658 So. 2d 55 · Cited 201 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.

• McLeod v. Continental Ins. Co. · 591 So. 2d 621
• Imhof v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. · 643 So. 2d 617
• Florida Patient's Compensation Fund v. Rowe · 472 So. 2d 1145
• Thompson v. Commercial Union Ins. Co. of New York · 250 So. 2d 259
• Lowry v. Parole and Probation Com'n · 473 So. 2d 1248
• Anderson v. Continental Insurance · 271 N.W.2d 368
• Standard Guar. Ins. Co. v. Quanstrom · 555 So. 2d 828
• Baxter v. Royal Indemnity Company · 285 So. 2d 652
• Opperman v. Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. · 515 So. 2d 263
• Reliance Insurance v. Barile Excavating & Pipeline Co. · 685 F. Supp. 839
• State v. Webb · 398 So. 2d 820
• Alamo Rent-A-Car, Inc. v. Mancusi · 632 So. 2d 1352
• Kaisner v. Kolb · 543 So. 2d 732
• State v. Lavazzoli · 434 So. 2d 321
• Arrow Air, Inc. v. Walsh · 645 So. 2d 422
• City of Boca Raton v. Gidman · 440 So. 2d 1277
• Baxter v. Royal Indemnity Company · 317 So. 2d 725
• Standard Accident Insurance Company v. Gavin · 184 So. 2d 229
• Garner v. Ward · 251 So. 2d 252
• State, Dept. of Transp. v. Knowles · 402 So. 2d 1155
• City of Tampa v. Thatcher Glass Corp. · 445 So. 2d 578
• Deltona Corporation v. Florida Public Service Com'n · 220 So. 2d 905
• Southeast Title and Insurance Company v. Austin · 202 So. 2d 179
• Grant v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. · 638 So. 2d 936
• Brookins v. Goodson · 640 So. 2d 110

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