State Supreme Court / Cal.

White v. Western Title Insurance

Decided December 31, 1985. Malcolm Millar Lucas wrote the opinion for the court.

710 P.2d 309 · Cited 196 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.

Fletcher v. Western National Life Insurance · 10 Cal. App. 3d 376
Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co. · 419 P.2d 168
Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance · 510 P.2d 1032
Bertero v. National General Corp. · 529 P.2d 608
In Re Marriage of Flaherty · 646 P.2d 179
Jarchow v. Transamerica Title Insurance · 48 Cal. App. 3d 917
Neal v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 582 P.2d 980
Brandt v. Superior Court · 693 P.2d 796
Reserve Insurance Co. v. Pisciotta · 640 P.2d 764
Murphy v. Allstate Insurance · 553 P.2d 584
Balen v. Peralta Junior College District · 523 P.2d 629
Egan v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance · 598 P.2d 452
Barrera v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 456 P.2d 674
Collins v. City & County of San Francisco · 247 P.2d 362
Young v. Redman · 55 Cal. App. 3d 827
Carr v. State of California · 58 Cal. App. 3d 139
J. H. Trisdale, Inc. v. Shasta County Title Co. · 304 P.2d 832
Akin v. Business Title Corp. · 264 Cal. App. 2d 153
Kapelus v. United Title Guaranty Co. · 15 Cal. App. 3d 648
Otter v. General Insurance of America · 34 Cal. App. 3d 940
Robinson v. Pediatric Affiliates Medical Group, Inc. · 98 Cal. App. 3d 907
Battle v. Kessler · 149 Cal. App. 3d 853
Kiely Corp. v. Gibson · 231 Cal. App. 2d 39
City of San Diego v. Sloane · 272 Cal. App. 2d 663
Coleman v. Security Title Insurance · 218 Cal. App. 2d 444

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Nies v. National Automobile & Casualty Insurance · 199 Cal. App. 3d 1192
Atmel Corp. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance · 421 F. Supp. 2d 1265
Zurich American Insurance v. Superior Court · 66 Cal. Rptr. 3d 833
Lee v. Fidelity National Title Insurance · 188 Cal. App. 4th 583
Clemco Industries v. Commercial Union Insurance · 665 F. Supp. 816
Robinson Helicopter Co., Inc. v. Dana Corp. · 102 P.3d 268
Maler v. Superior Court · 220 Cal. App. 3d 1592
Evangelatos v. Superior Court · 753 P.2d 585
Coleman v. Gulf Insurance Group · 718 P.2d 77
Calvillo-Silva v. Home Grocery · 968 P.2d 65
Lawrence v. Chicago Title Insurance · 192 Cal. App. 3d 70
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