Union Mutual Fire Insurance v. Inhabitants of Topsham

Decided February 25, 1982. Edward S. Godfrey wrote the opinion for the court.

441 A.2d 1012 · Cited 68 times

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• Motorists Mutual Insurance v. Trainor · 33 Ohio St. 2d 41
• Occidental Fire and Casualty Company v. Cook · 435 P.2d 364
• American Policyholders' Insurance Co. v. Cumberland Cold Storage Co. · 373 A.2d 247
• Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 395 N.E.2d 1180
• Gerhardt v. Continental Insurance · 48 N.J. 291
• Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Dingwell · 414 A.2d 220
• Morrison v. Swenson · 142 N.W.2d 640
• O'MORROW v. Borad · 27 Cal. 2d 794
• Cohen v. American Home Assurance Co. · 258 A.2d 225
• American States Ins. Co., Western Pac. Div. v. Walker · 486 P.2d 1042
• Inland Mutual Insurance Company v. Hightower · 145 So. 2d 422
• Carter v. Virginia Surety Co. · 187 Tenn. 595
• GRP, Ltd. v. United States Aviation Underwriters, Inc. · 247 N.W.2d 583
• Lanoue v. Fireman's Fund American Insurance Co. · 278 N.W.2d 49
• New Hampshire Insurance Company v. Christy · 200 N.W.2d 834
• Warren v. Waterville Urban Renewal Authority · 290 A.2d 362
• Dodge v. United Services Automobile Ass'n · 417 A.2d 969
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Sammons · 11 S.E.2d 89
• Benedix v. Boston Old Colony Insurance · 417 A.2d 453

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• Mitchell v. Allstate Insurance Co. · 36 A.3d 876
• Horace Mann Insurance v. Maine Teachers Ass'n · 449 A.2d 358
• Dawn M. Harlor v. Amica Mutual Insurance COmpany · 2016 ME 161
• American Employers' Insurance v. Delorme Publishing Co. · 39 F. Supp. 2d 64
• In Re Acushnet River & New Bedford Harbor: Proceedings Re Alleged PCB Pollution · 725 F. Supp. 1264
• Kremers-Urban Co. v. American Employers Insurance Co. · 351 N.W.2d 156
• Herbert A. Sullivan, Inc. v. Utica Mutual Insurance · 439 Mass. 387
• Peerless Insurance Co. v. Brennon · 564 A.2d 383
• Preferred Mutual Insurance v. Gamache · 426 Mass. 93
• Billings v. COMMERCE INSURANCE COMPANY · 458 Mass. 194
• Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Morrison · 460 Mass. 352
• SCA Services, Inc. v. Transportation Insurance · 419 Mass. 528
• Rubenstein v. Royal Insurance Co. of America · 429 Mass. 355
• L. Ray Packing Co. v. Commercial Union Insurance · 469 A.2d 832
• Tackett v. American Motorists Insurance · 584 S.E.2d 158
• Massachusetts Bay Insurance v. Ferraiolo Construction Co. · 584 A.2d 608
• ACMAT Corp. v. Greater New York Mutual Insurance · 923 A.2d 697
• Harrington v. Inhabitants of Town of Kennebunk · 459 A.2d 557
• Finn v. Lipman · 526 A.2d 1380

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