State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Tennant v. Smallwood

Decided August 2, 2002. Larry Starcher wrote the opinion for the court.

568 S.E.2d 10 · 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.

National Mutual Insurance v. McMahon & Sons, Inc. · 356 S.E.2d 488
Deel v. Sweeney · 383 S.E.2d 92
Perkins v. Doe · 350 S.E.2d 711
State Ex Rel. Allstate Insurance v. Karl · 437 S.E.2d 749
Painter v. Peavy · 451 S.E.2d 755
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Federal Insurance Co. of New York · 133 S.E.2d 770
Chrystal R.M. v. Charlie A.L. · 459 S.E.2d 415
Smith v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · 219 S.E.2d 361
State v. Elder · 165 S.E.2d 108
Cox v. Amick · 466 S.E.2d 459
Payne v. Weston · 466 S.E.2d 161
Riffe v. Home Finders Associates, Inc. · 517 S.E.2d 313
Albrecht v. State · 314 S.E.2d 859
Lee v. Saliga · 373 S.E.2d 345
Holsten v. Massey · 490 S.E.2d 864
Mitchell v. Broadnax · 537 S.E.2d 882
State v. Carter · 282 S.E.2d 277
Adkins v. Meador · 494 S.E.2d 915
Hartwell v. Marquez · 498 S.E.2d 1
D'Annunzio v. Security-Connecticut Life Ins. · 410 S.E.2d 275
Metropolitan Property & Liability Insurance v. Acord · 465 S.E.2d 901
Dairyland Insurance Co. v. East · 425 S.E.2d 257
Miller v. Lambert · 464 S.E.2d 582
Mitchell v. Federal Kemper Insurance · 204 W. Va. 543

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