Tank v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.

Decided March 20, 1986. Fred Hudson Dore wrote the opinion for the court.

715 P.2d 1133 · Cited 314 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.

• Van Dyke v. White · 349 P.2d 430
• Murray v. Mossman · 355 P.2d 985
• Levy v. North American Co. for Life & Health Insurance · 90 Wash. 2d 846
• Waite v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 467 P.2d 847
• Royal Globe Insurance v. Superior Court · 592 P.2d 329
• Salois v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance · 581 P.2d 1349
• Anhold v. Daniels · 614 P.2d 184
• Transamerica Title Insurance v. Johnson · 693 P.2d 697
• Perkoski v. Wilson · 371 Pa. 553
• Evans v. Continental Casualty Co. · 245 P.2d 470
• Hamilton v. State Farm Insurance · 523 P.2d 193
• AMERICAN EMPLOYERS'INSURANCE CO. v. Crawford · 533 P.2d 1203
• Burnham v. Commercial Casualty Insurance Co. of Newark · 117 P.2d 644

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• Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance v. Dan Paulson Construction, Inc. · 161 Wash. 2d 903
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• Barstad v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co. · 145 Wash. 2d 528
• Bryant v. Country Life Insurance · 414 F. Supp. 2d 981
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• Van Noy v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 142 Wash. 2d 784
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• Ellwein v. Hartford Acc. and Indem. Co. · 15 P.3d 640
• National Surety Corp. v. Immunex Corp. · 176 Wash. 2d 872
• Leslie v. Fidelity National Title Insurance · 598 F. Supp. 2d 1176
• American Fire & Casualty Co. v. Roller · 860 N.E.2d 1275
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• St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Onvia, Inc. · 165 Wash. 2d 122
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• Trinity Universal Insurance v. Ohio Casualty Insurance · 176 Wash. App. 185
• William Merriman, et ux v. American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co. · 198 Wash. App. 594
• LEDCOR INDUSTRIES v. Mutual of Enumclaw Ins. Co. · 206 P.3d 1255

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