State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Wheeler v. St. Joseph Hospital

Decided November 4, 1976. Stephen K. Tamura wrote the opinion for the court.

63 Cal. App. 3d 345 · Cited 152 times

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Madden v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · 552 P.2d 1178
Tunkl v. Regents of University of California · 383 P.2d 441
Doyle v. Giuliucci · 62 Cal. 2d 606
Federico v. Frick · 3 Cal. App. 3d 872
Spence v. Omnibus Industries · 44 Cal. App. 3d 970
Steven v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. · 377 P.2d 284
Smith v. Westland Life Insurance · 539 P.2d 433
Bauer v. Jackson · 15 Cal. App. 3d 358
Johnston v. Security Insurance · 6 Cal. App. 3d 839
Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co. · 419 P.2d 168
Windsor Mills, Inc. v. Collins & Aikman Corp. · 25 Cal. App. 3d 987
Pacific Investment Co. v. Townsend · 58 Cal. App. 3d 1
Player v. Geo. M. Brewster & Son, Inc. · 18 Cal. App. 3d 526
Thompson v. Occidental Life Insurance · 513 P.2d 353
Slobojan v. Western Travelers Life Insurance · 70 Cal. 2d 432
Frame v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. · 20 Cal. App. 3d 668
Bertero v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County · 216 Cal. App. 2d 213
Laufman v. Hall-Mack Co. · 215 Cal. App. 2d 87
Stermer v. Modiano Construction Co. · 44 Cal. App. 3d 264
Neal v. State Farm Insurance Companies · 188 Cal. App. 2d 690
Ransom v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance · 43 Cal. 2d 420
Lesser Towers, Inc. v. Roscoe-Ajax Construction Co. · 271 Cal. App. 2d 675
Schmidt v. MacCo Construction Co. · 260 P.2d 230
Lewsadder v. Mitchum, Jones & Templeton, Inc. · 36 Cal. App. 3d 255
McBride v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 44 Cal. 2d 113

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