Thompson v. Occidental Life Insurance

Decided August 27, 1973. Louis H. Burke wrote the opinion for the court.

513 P.2d 353 · Cited 131 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.

• Ransom v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance · 43 Cal. 2d 420
• Rutherford v. Prudential Insurance · 234 Cal. App. 2d 719
• McAuliffe v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance · 245 Cal. App. 2d 855
• Cohen v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance · 48 Cal. 2d 720
• Burns v. Prudential Insurance · 201 Cal. App. 2d 868
• Eramdjian v. Interstate Bakery Corp. · 153 Cal. App. 2d 590
• Camp v. Ortega · 209 Cal. App. 2d 275
• Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co. · 419 P.2d 168
• Steven v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. · 377 P.2d 284
• Green Trees Enterprises, Inc. v. Palm Springs Alpine Estates, Inc. · 427 P.2d 805
• Slobojan v. Western Travelers Life Insurance · 70 Cal. 2d 432
• Layton v. New York Life Insurance · 202 P. 958
• Wernecke v. Pacific Fidelity Life Insurance · 238 Cal. App. 2d 884
• Jefferson Standard Life Insurance v. Anderson · 236 Cal. App. 2d 905
• Isenberg v. California Employment Stabilization Commission · 30 Cal. 2d 34
• Conderback, Inc. v. Standard Oil Co. · 239 Cal. App. 2d 664
• La Jolla Casa deManana v. Hopkins · 219 P.2d 871
• Iverson v. Metropolitan Life Etc. Co. · 91 P. 609
• Gomez v. Cecena · 15 Cal. 2d 363
• Krause v. Apodaca · 186 Cal. App. 2d 413
• Market Street Railway Co. v. George · 3 P.2d 41
• Goldstone v. Columbia Life & Trust Co. · 164 P.2d 416
• Safeway Stores, Inc. v. King Lumber Co. · 45 Cal. App. 2d 17
• Brunt v. Occidental Life Insurance · 223 Cal. App. 2d 179
• K. King and G. Shuler Corp. v. King · 259 Cal. App. 2d 383

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• Wilson v. Western National Life Insurance · 235 Cal. App. 3d 981
• Pacific Insurance v. Kent · 120 F. Supp. 2d 1205
• Hodgson v. Banner Life Insurance · 21 Cal. Rptr. 3d 907
• Mitchell v. United National Insurance · 25 Cal. Rptr. 3d 627
• Smith v. Westland Life Insurance · 539 P.2d 433
• Old Line Life Insurance of America v. Superior Court · 229 Cal. App. 3d 1600
• Jaunich v. NAT. UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITTSBURGH · 647 F. Supp. 209
• Admiral Insurance v. Debber · 442 F. Supp. 2d 958
• Atmel Corp. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance · 416 F. Supp. 2d 802
• Imperial Casualty & Indemnity Co. v. Sogomonian · 198 Cal. App. 3d 169
• Holz Rubber Co., Inc. v. American Star Ins. Co. · 533 P.2d 1055
• Superior Dispatch, Inc. v. Insurance Corp. of New York · 181 Cal. App. 4th 175
• Kearl v. Board of Medical Quality Assurance · 189 Cal. App. 3d 1040
• Russell v. Bankers Life Co. · 46 Cal. App. 3d 405
• National Auto. & Casualty Ins. Co. v. Stewart · 223 Cal. App. 3d 452
• Carolina Casualty Insurance Company v. Rdd, Inc. · 685 F. Supp. 2d 1052
• National Automobile & Casualty Insurance v. Stewart · 223 Cal. App. 3d 452
• People v. Alcala · 685 P.2d 1126
• Wheeler v. St. Joseph Hospital · 63 Cal. App. 3d 345
• Haynes v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 89 P.3d 381
• Signal Companies, Inc. v. Harbor Ins. Co. · 612 P.2d 889
• National Insurance Underwriters v. Carter · 551 P.2d 362
• Ponder v. Blue Cross of Southern California · 145 Cal. App. 3d 709

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