State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

Decided November 7, 1986. William H. Adkins II wrote the opinion for the court.

516 A.2d 586 · Cited 79 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.

• Jennings v. Government Employees Insurance · 488 A.2d 166
• Meyer v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 689 P.2d 585
• DeWitt v. Young · 625 P.2d 478
• Selected Risks Insurance Co. v. Zullo · 225 A.2d 570
• Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance v. Wiscomb · 643 P.2d 441
• Transamerica Insurance v. Royle · 656 P.2d 820
• Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Gartelman · 416 A.2d 734
• Cotton States Mutual Insurance v. Neese · 329 S.E.2d 136
• Bishop v. Allstate Insurance Co. · 623 S.W.2d 865
• Reese v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 403 A.2d 1229
• Estate of Neal Ex Rel. Delgado v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 566 P.2d 81
• Estep v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 703 P.2d 882
• Arceneaux v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 550 P.2d 87
• National Grange Mutual Insurance v. Pinkney · 399 A.2d 877
• Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America v. Insurance Commissioner · 446 A.2d 1140
• Farmers Insurance Group v. Reed · 712 P.2d 550
• Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance v. Wiscomb · 622 P.2d 1234
• Keystone Mutual Casualty Co. v. Hinds · 26 A.2d 761
• American Tours, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 338 S.E.2d 92
• Allstate Insurance Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 619 P.2d 329
• Parker v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 282 A.2d 503
• STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. v. Briscoe · 225 A.2d 270
• Insurance Commissioner of the State v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 463 A.2d 793
• American Weekly, Inc. v. Patterson · 16 A.2d 912
• Stuart Kitchens, Inc. v. Stevens · 234 A.2d 749

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• Stearman v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 849 A.2d 539
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Wilson · 893 A.2d 1177
• Allstate Insurance v. Hart · 611 A.2d 100
• Van Horn v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance · 641 A.2d 195
• Hart v. Allstate Insurance · 577 A.2d 373
• Walther v. Allstate Insurance · 575 A.2d 339
• Matta v. Government Employees Insurance · 119 Md. App. 334
• National County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. Johnson · 879 S.W.2d 1
• Cimarron Insurance Co. v. Croyle · 479 N.W.2d 881
• Mayor of Baltimore v. Clark · 944 A.2d 1122
• Smalls v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 678 A.2d 32
• Larimore v. American Insurance · 552 A.2d 889
• Gable v. Colonial Insurance · 548 A.2d 135
• Blue Bird Cab Co. v. Amalgamated Casualty Insurance · 109 Md. App. 378
• Clark v. O'MALLEY · 973 A.2d 821
• Clark v. O'Malley · 434 Md. 171
• Zelinski v. Townsend · 878 A.2d 623
• Mayor and Council of Rockville v. Rylyns Enterprises, Inc. · 814 A.2d 469
• Fraidin v. Weitzman · 611 A.2d 1046
• Post v. Bregman · 707 A.2d 806
• Medex v. McCabe · 811 A.2d 297
• Finci v. American Casualty Co. of Reading · 593 A.2d 1069
• Salamon v. Progressive Classic Insurance · 841 A.2d 858
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 550 A.2d 69
• West American Insurance v. Popa · 723 A.2d 1

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