Thornton v. Allstate Insurance

Decided August 7, 1986. Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick Boyle wrote the opinion for the court.

391 N.W.2d 320 · Cited 176 times

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• Kangas v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 235 N.W.2d 42
• Miller v. Auto-Owners Insurance Company · 309 N.W.2d 544
• Weber v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 284 N.W.2d 299
• Shavers v. Attorney General · 267 N.W.2d 72
• O'Donnell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 273 N.W.2d 829
• Thomas v. Department of State Highways · 247 N.W.2d 530
• Lamphere Schools v. Lamphere Federation of Teachers · 252 N.W.2d 818
• Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange v. Higginbotham · 290 N.W.2d 414
• Citizens Insurance Co. of America v. Tuttle · 309 N.W.2d 174
• O'Key v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 89 Mich. App. 526
• Classified Insurance Corp. v. Vodinelich · 368 N.W.2d 921
• Meric v. Mid-Century Insurance Co. · 343 N.W.2d 688
• Rife v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 450 A.2d 720

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• Scott v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 766 N.W.2d 273
• Perryman v. Citizens Insurance Co. of America · 401 N.W.2d 367
• Shellenberger v. Insurance Co. of North America · 452 N.W.2d 892
• Scott v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. · 758 N.W.2d 249
• Indiana Insurance v. Auto-Owners Insurance · 680 N.W.2d 466
• University Rehabilitation Alliance, Inc. v. Farm Bureau General Insurance · 760 N.W.2d 574
• Kennedy v. Auto Club · 544 N.W.2d 750
• Century Mutual Insurance v. League General Insurance · 541 N.W.2d 272
• Tamara Woodring v. Phoenix Insurance Company · 923 N.W.2d 607
• Marzonie v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n · 483 N.W.2d 413
• Gooden v. Transamerica Insurance Corp. of America · 420 N.W.2d 877
• McPHERSON v. McPHERSON · 493 Mich. 294
• Walega v. Walega · 312 Mich. App. 259
• Henry v. Dow Chemical Co. · 772 N.W.2d 301
• Potter v. McLeary · 774 N.W.2d 1
• Shanafelt v. Allstate Insurance · 552 N.W.2d 671
• Kochoian v. Allstate Insurance · 423 N.W.2d 913
• Morosini v. Citizens Insurance Co. of America · 568 N.W.2d 346
• Kreager v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 496 N.W.2d 346
• AMY v. MIC General Insurance · 670 N.W.2d 228
• Morosini v. Citizens Insurance Co. of America · 602 N.W.2d 828
• McCORMICK v. CARRIER · 487 Mich. 180

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