State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Vaillette v. Fireman's Fund Insurance

Decided August 31, 1993. Sheila Prell Sonenshine wrote the opinion for the court.

18 Cal. App. 4th 680 · Cited 53 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.

Folsom v. Butte County Assn. of Governments · 652 P.2d 437
Tameny v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 610 P.2d 1330
Parsons v. Bristol Development Co. · 62 Cal. 2d 861
Shamblin v. Brattain · 749 P.2d 339
People v. Richards · 552 P.2d 97
Beck v. American Health Group International, Inc. · 211 Cal. App. 3d 1555
Greenberg v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States · 34 Cal. App. 3d 994
La Jolla Village Homeowners' Ass'n v. Superior Court · 212 Cal. App. 3d 1131
City of Mill Valley v. Transamerica Insurance · 98 Cal. App. 3d 595
Gallo v. Superior Court · 200 Cal. App. 3d 1375

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Caliber Bodyworks, Inc. v. Superior Court · 36 Cal. Rptr. 3d 31
Davaloo v. State Farm Insurance · 37 Cal. Rptr. 3d 528
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Barton v. Elexsys International, Inc. · 62 Cal. App. 4th 1182
Baker v. Mid-Century Insurance · 20 Cal. App. 4th 921
Fremont Indemnity Co. v. Fremont General Corp. · 55 Cal. Rptr. 3d 621
Corenbaum v. Lampkin · 215 Cal. App. 4th 1308
Ivanoff v. Bank of America, N.A. · 9 Cal. App. 5th 719
Regents of University v. Superior Court · 220 Cal. App. 4th 549
Favila v. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP · 188 Cal. App. 4th 189
In Re Tobacco Cases I · 186 Cal. App. 4th 42
Martorana v. Marlin & Saltzman · 175 Cal. App. 4th 685
Newell v. State Farm General Insurance · 13 Cal. Rptr. 3d 343
Koszdin v. State Compensation Insurance Fund · 186 Cal. App. 4th 480
Kerkeles v. City of San Jose · 243 Cal. App. 4th 88
Sandler v. Sanchez · 206 Cal. App. 4th 1431
Combs v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. · 49 Cal. Rptr. 3d 917
Combs v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 143 Cal. App. 4th 1338
Berman v. Bromberg · 56 Cal. App. 4th 936
Ben-Zvi v. Edmar Co. · 40 Cal. App. 4th 468
Smith v. County of Kern · 20 Cal. App. 4th 1826

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