Tonkin v. California Insurance Co. of San Francisco, Inc.

Decided June 7, 1945. Marvin Rood Dye wrote the opinion for the court.

62 N.E.2d 215 · Cited 56 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.

• Bird v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance · 120 N.E. 86
• Silverstein v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 171 N.E. 914
• World Exchange Bank v. Commercial Casualty Insurance · 173 N.E. 902
• Cook v. Continental Ins. Co. · 124 So. 239
• Block v. Standard Ins. Co. of N.Y. · 54 N.E.2d 821

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• Great Northern Insurance v. Dayco Corp. · 637 F. Supp. 765
• Lessard v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 568 A.2d 491
• Lachs v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. · 306 N.Y. 357
• Arthur A. Johnson Corp. v. Indemnity Insurance · 6 A.D.2d 97
• Throgs Neck Bagels, Inc. v. GA Insurance · 241 A.D.2d 66
• Little v. Blue Cross of Western New York, Inc. · 72 A.D.2d 200
• Terrien v. Pawtucket Mutual Fire Insurance · 96 N.H. 182
• Moeller v. Associated Hospital Service · 304 N.Y. 73
• Goldner v. Otsego Mutual Fire Insurance · 39 A.D.2d 440
• Kronfeld v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. · 53 A.D.2d 190
• Johnson City Central School District v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland · 226 A.D.2d 990
• Cooney v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 284 A.D. 328

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