Villella v. Public Employees Mutual Insurance

Decided October 2, 1986. Fred Hudson Dore wrote the opinion for the court.

725 P.2d 957 · Cited 114 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.

• Graham v. Public Employees Mutual Insurance · 656 P.2d 1077
• Premier Insurance v. Welch · 140 Cal. App. 3d 720
• Sabella v. Wisler · 377 P.2d 889
• Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Adams · 170 Cal. App. 3d 712
• Federated American Insurance v. Strong · 689 P.2d 68
• Mattis v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 454 N.E.2d 1156
• Castle & Cooke, Inc. v. Great American Insurance · 711 P.2d 1108
• Hangman Ridge Training Stables, Inc. v. Safeco Title Insurance · 719 P.2d 531
• Brooks v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 27 Cal. 2d 305
• Remmer v. Glens Falls Indemnity Co. · 140 Cal. App. 2d 84
• Harbor Insurance v. Central National Insurance · 165 Cal. App. 3d 1029
• Maples v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 83 Cal. App. 3d 641
• Standard Electric Supply Co. v. Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance · 307 N.E.2d 11
• Lac D'Amiante Du Quebec, Ltee v. American Home Assurance Co. · 613 F. Supp. 1549
• Essex House v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. · 404 F. Supp. 978
• Wyatt v. Northwestern Mutual Insurance Co. of Seattle · 304 F. Supp. 781

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• SAFECO INSURANCE CO. OF AM. v. Hirschmann · 773 P.2d 413
• Safeco Insurance Co. of America v. Hirschmann · 112 Wash. 2d 621
• Findlay v. United Pacific Ins. Co. · 917 P.2d 116
• Walla Walla College v. Ohio Cas. Ins. Co. · 204 P.3d 961
• American National Fire Insurance Co. v. B & L Trucking and Construction Co. · 951 P.2d 250
• Findlay v. United Pacific Insurance · 129 Wash. 2d 368
• Walla Walla College v. Ohio Casualty Insurance · 149 Wash. App. 726
• Kane v. Royal Insurance Co. of America · 768 P.2d 678
• American National Fire Insurance v. B&L Trucking & Construction Co. · 134 Wash. 2d 413
• Leingang v. PIERCE CO. MED. BUREAU, INC. · 930 P.2d 288
• Allstate Ins. Co. v. Raynor · 21 P.3d 707
• Industrial Indem. Co. of Northwest, Inc. v. Kallevig · 792 P.2d 520
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Bongen · 925 P.2d 1042
• Schwindt v. Commonwealth Ins. Co. · 997 P.2d 353
• Leingang v. Pierce County Medical Bureau, Inc. · 131 Wash. 2d 133
• Overton v. Consolidated Ins. Co. · 38 P.3d 322
• Overton v. Consolidated Insurance · 145 Wash. 2d 417
• Transcontinental Ins. Co. v. WA. PUBLIC UTILITIES DISTRICTS'UTILITY SYSTEM · 760 P.2d 337
• Howell v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 218 Cal. App. 3d 1446
• Allstate Insurance v. Raynor · 143 Wash. 2d 469
• Schwindt v. Commonwealth Insurance · 140 Wash. 2d 348
• Wellbrock v. Assurance Co. of America · 951 P.2d 367
• Transcontinental Insurance v. Washington Public Utilities Districts' Utility System · 111 Wash. 2d 452
• Vision One v. PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INS. · 241 P.3d 429
• Morton International, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 666 N.E.2d 1163

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