State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Wilner v. Sunset Life Insurance

Decided March 30, 2000. Vaino Spencer wrote the opinion for the court.

93 Cal. Rptr. 2d 413 · Cited 59 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.

Vasquez v. Superior Court · 484 P.2d 964
Cel-Tech Communications, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. · 973 P.2d 527
Quelimane Co. v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co. · 960 P.2d 513
Goodman v. Kennedy · 556 P.2d 737
Daar v. Yellow Cab Co. · 433 P.2d 732
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Superior Court · 45 Cal. App. 4th 1093
Minsky v. City of Los Angeles · 520 P.2d 726
Rader Co. v. Stone · 178 Cal. App. 3d 10
Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club v. Narula · 33 Cal. App. 4th 1140
Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. v. Superior Court · 211 Cal. App. 3d 758
Podolsky v. First Healthcare Corp. · 50 Cal. App. 4th 632
Hewlett v. Squaw Valley Ski Corp. · 54 Cal. App. 4th 499
People v. Dollar Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc. · 211 Cal. App. 3d 119
Flynn v. Higham · 149 Cal. App. 3d 677
Mayflower Insurance v. Pellegrino · 212 Cal. App. 3d 1326
Wade v. 20th Century Insurance · 206 Cal. App. 3d 32
Taliaferro v. Wampler · 127 Cal. App. 2d 306

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LaLiberte v. Pacific Mercantile Bank · 53 Cal. Rptr. 3d 745
Figueroa v. Northridge Hospital Medical Center · 35 Cal. Rptr. 3d 677
Gutierrez v. California Commerce Club, Inc. · 187 Cal. App. 4th 969
Cobb v. O'CONNELL · 36 Cal. Rptr. 3d 170
Batt v. City and County of San Francisco · 155 Cal. App. 4th 65

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