State Court of Appeals / Mo. Ct. App.

Wood v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America

Decided September 8, 1998. Mary Kathryn Hoff wrote the opinion for the court.

980 S.W.2d 43 · Cited 67 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.

Sheets v. Brethren Mutual Insurance · 679 A.2d 540
McDonough v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. · 921 S.W.2d 90
ITT Commercial Finance Corp. v. Mid-America Marine Supply Corp. · 854 S.W.2d 371
SL Industries, Inc. v. American Motorists Insurance · 607 A.2d 1266
Chatton v. National Union Fire Insurance · 10 Cal. App. 4th 846
Brown v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 776 S.W.2d 384
Farmland Industries, Inc. v. Republic Insurance · 941 S.W.2d 505
First Newton National Bank v. General Casualty Co. of Wisconsin · 426 N.W.2d 618
Groves v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 540 S.W.2d 39
First Wyoming Bank, N.A. v. Continental Insurance Co. · 860 P.2d 1094
Farr v. Designer Phosphate & Premix International, Inc. · 570 N.W.2d 320
Dykstra v. Foremost Insurance · 14 Cal. App. 4th 361
Universal Underwriters Ins. Co. v. Youngblood · 549 So. 2d 76
Pace Properties, Inc. v. American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Co. · 918 S.W.2d 883
Miller v. Western General Agency, Inc. · 41 Cal. App. 4th 1144
Landie v. Century Indemnity Company · 390 S.W.2d 558
Clark v. Olson · 726 S.W.2d 718
American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Pacchetti · 808 S.W.2d 369
American States Insurance v. Canyon Creek · 786 F. Supp. 821
Katz Drug Co. v. Commercial Standard Insurance Co. · 647 S.W.2d 831
Tschimperle v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. · 529 N.W.2d 421
State Ex Rel. Webb v. Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. · 956 S.W.2d 272

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Stark Liquidation Co. v. Florists' Mutual Insurance Co. · 243 S.W.3d 385
Village At Deer Creek Homeowners Ass'n v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co. · 432 S.W.3d 231
Cincinnati Ins. Co. v. Meramec Valley Bank · 259 F. Supp. 2d 922
The Village at Deer Creek Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Mid-Continent Casualty Company
Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. v. Lexington Insurance Co. · 74 P.3d 294
Fischer v. First American Title Insurance Co. · 388 S.W.3d 181
City of Lee's Summit v. Missouri Public Entity Risk Management · 390 S.W.3d 214
Legg v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London · 18 S.W.3d 379
Hampton v. Carter Enterprises, Inc. · 238 S.W.3d 170
Wunsch v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada · 92 S.W.3d 146
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Hensley v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Co. · 210 S.W.3d 455
American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Bramlett · 31 S.W.3d 1
Cockerham v. Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co. · 561 S.W.3d 862
Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. v. Lexington Insurance Co. · 55 P.3d 200

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