Wainwright v. Fontenot

Decided October 17, 2000. Catherine D. Kimball wrote the opinion for the court.

774 So. 2d 70 · Cited 470 times

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• Bienvenu v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. · 545 So. 2d 581
• Catalano v. Bujak · 642 A.2d 448
• Robertson Ex Rel. Robertson v. Stanley · 206 S.E.2d 190
• Fogle v. Feazel · 10 So. 2d 695
• Gould v. Mans · 152 N.W.2d 92
• Arceneaux v. Domingue · 365 So. 2d 1330
• Canter v. Koehring Company · 283 So. 2d 716
• Coco v. Winston Industries, Inc. · 341 So. 2d 332
• Youn v. Maritime Overseas Corp. · 623 So. 2d 1257
• Mart v. Hill · 505 So. 2d 1120
• American Motorist v. American Rent-All · 579 So. 2d 429
• Brannan v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc. · 526 So. 2d 1101
• Buckley v. Exxon Corp. · 390 So. 2d 512
• Dunbar v. Thompson · 901 P.2d 1285
• Fisher v. Davis · 601 N.W.2d 54
• Nesseth v. Omlid · 1998 ND 51
• STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. v. Berthelot · 732 So. 2d 1230
• Phelps v. White · 645 So. 2d 698
• Bullard v. B. P. Alaska, Inc. · 650 P.2d 402

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