Virginia Auto Mutual Insurance v. Brillhart

Decided March 1, 1948. Claude W. Eggleston wrote the opinion for the court.

187 Va. 336 · Cited 53 times

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• Royal Indemnity Co. v. Hook · 155 Va. 956
• Atlantic Trust & Security Co v. Girard Fire & Marine Insurance · 156 Va. 15
• Whitney v. Employers Indemnity Corp. · 202 N.W. 236
• Fagg v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance · 19 P.2d 413
• Woodmen of World Life Insurance Society v. Grant · 185 Va. 288
• Insurance Co. v. Wilkinson · 80 U.S. 222

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• Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. v. Southwest Casualty Co. · 149 F. Supp. 600
• Home Indemnity Co. v. Bowers · 253 S.W.2d 750
• Maryland Cas. Co. v. American Family Insurance Group · 429 P.2d 931
• Ampy v. Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Co. of New York · 105 S.E.2d 839
• Woodson v. Celina Mutual Insurance · 211 Va. 423
• Turpin v. Standard Reliance Insurance Co.(Mutual) · 99 N.W.2d 26
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Miller · 194 Va. 589
• Harbor Insurance v. Paulson · 135 Cal. App. 2d 22
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Cole · 124 S.E.2d 203
• Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Emmons · 104 N.E.2d 413
• Stone v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 478 S.E.2d 883
• UNITED FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY v. Perez · 419 P.2d 663
• Beatty v. Western Pacific Insurance · 445 P.2d 325
• Travelers Indemnity Company v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company · 227 F. Supp. 958
• Equitable Variable Life Insurance v. Wood · 362 S.E.2d 741
• Maryland Casualty Company v. Baker · 196 F. Supp. 234
• Ambrose v. Acacia Mutual Life Insurance · 190 Va. 189
• Reserve Life Insurance Company v. Ferebee · 118 S.E.2d 675
• Bituminous Casualty Corporation v. Baldwin · 86 S.E.2d 836
• Schulze v. KWIK-CHEK REALTY COMPANY · 181 S.E.2d 629
• Earth Tech, Inc. v. United States Fire Insurance · 407 F. Supp. 2d 763
• State Farm Fire Insurance v. Rakes · 188 Va. 239
• RMBS Recovery Holdings, I, LLC v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. · 827 S.E.2d 762
• Virginia Mutual Insurance v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 204 Va. 783
• Morris v. Royal Globe Insurance · 230 Va. 498

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