Allstate Insurance Co. v. Watts

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The same harm could have resulted had [the friend] been cutting any number of objects in [the insured’s] garage with the torch completely unrelated to the truck.”
• exclusion in homeowners policy for any loss arising out of maintenance of a motor vehicle did not preclude liability where insured negligently advised victim that there were no flammable liquids in garage; other nonexcluded causes played substantial part in injuries
• “[S]imply because there might arguably be a mere connection between [the excluded cause] and the ultimate harm, does not justify a finding of no coverage when other causal factors played a substantial role in producing the loss complained of[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

69 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In Re the Adoption of E.N.R.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-04-06· cited 179×
• McConnell v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2000-02-14· cited 162×
• American Justice Insurance Reciprocal v. Hutchison
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2000-03-27· cited 92×
• Leonard Gamble v. Sputniks, LLC
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2012-05-30· cited 86×
• TMW Enterprises, Inc. v. Federal Insurance
  Sixth Circuit· 2010-08-25· cited 83×
• In Re New Motor Vehicles Canadian Export Antitrust Litigation
  D. Maine· 2004-12-08· cited 62×
• Blaine Construction Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Insurance Company of North America, Defendant-Appellee/cross-Appellant
  Sixth Circuit· 1999-04-12· cited 53×
• Randall D. Kiser v. Ian J. Wolfe
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2011-08-24· cited 52×
• Edward Martin v. Gregory Powers
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2016-10-24· cited 45×
• In re D.Y.H.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2007-05-24· cited 40×
• Planet Rock, Inc. v. Regis Insurance Co.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-05-28· cited 36×
• Cherokee Ins. Co v. Babin, 2008-Ca-00145-Sct
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-06-10· cited 30×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Roberts
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-06-06· cited 29×
• State v. Reyes
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1993-09-10· cited 26×
• Wolfe, T. v. Ross, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-05-07· cited 26×
• Lineberry v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
  M.D. Tennessee· 1995-04-04· cited 22×
• Certain Underwriter's at Lloyd's of London v. Transcarriers Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2002-09-16· cited 22×
• Southern Trust Insurance Company v. Matthew Phillips
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2015-06-10· cited 22×
• Armstrong v. United States Fire Insurance
  E.D. Tennessee· 2009-03-27· cited 20×
• National Insurance Ass'n v. Simpson
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2004-06-07· cited 20×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Partridge
  California Supreme Court· 1973-09-25· cited 359×
• Garvey v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1989-03-30· cited 257×
• LeJeune v. Allstate Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1978-11-13· cited 191×
• Lawver v. Boling
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1976-02-19· cited 134×
• Waseca Mutual Insurance Co. v. Noska
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1983-04-01· cited 100×
• Travelers Insurance Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1973-02-20· cited 92×
• Eichelberger v. Warner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-09-04· cited 69×
• United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-03-31· cited 52×
• Engeldinger v. State Automobile & Casualty Underwriters
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1975-11-14· cited 42×
• Jorgensen by Jorgensen v. Auto-Owners Ins.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1985-01-08· cited 22×
• Pairamore v. Pairamore
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1977-02-28· cited 18×