American Reliance Insurance v. Mitchell

How courts have described this case

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

• “Exclusionary language in an insurance policy will be construed 19 most strongly against the insurer and the burden is upon the insurer to prove that an exclusion applies.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Pacific Insurance Company v. American National Fire Insurance Company, Rail Link, Incorporated
  Fourth Circuit· 1998-07-07· cited 867×
• CACI International, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
  Fourth Circuit· 2009-05-27· cited 188×
• Granite State Insurance v. Bottoms
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-02-28· cited 65×
• Transcontinental Insurance v. RBMW, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-09-14· cited 59×
• Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Northbrook Property & Casualty Insurance
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1996-09-13· cited 51×
• Pritchett v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2002-02-22· cited 28×
• S. F. v. West American Insurance
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1995-11-03· cited 26×
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Overlook, LLC
  E.D. Virginia· 2011-05-13· cited 25×
• Shrader v. Employers Mut. Cas. Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2005-02-25· cited 23×
• Smith v. Allstate Insurance
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-04-19· cited 20×
• Canal Ins. Co. v. Old Republic Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1998-05-29· cited 19×
• Capitol Environmental Services, Inc. v. North River Insurance
  E.D. Virginia· 2008-02-28· cited 19×
• Sentinel Associates v. American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance
  E.D. Virginia· 1992-10-26· cited 12×
• Builders Mutual Insurance v. Parallel Design & Development LLC
  E.D. Virginia· 2011-05-13· cited 9×
• Hammond v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance
  E.D. Virginia· 2001-08-23· cited 9×
• Ex Parte National Western Life Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2004-10-08· cited 8×
• Admiral Insurance v. G4S Youth Services
  E.D. Virginia· 2009-06-09· cited 7×
• Zitterow v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1995-09-01· cited 6×
• Suntrust Mortgage, Inc. v. AIG United Guaranty Corp.
  E.D. Virginia· 2011-06-30· cited 6×
• Unisun Insurance v. Schulwolf
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 2000-08-23· cited 6×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. S. L. Nusbaum & Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-06-15· cited 90×
• Johnson v. Insurance Co. of North America
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-11-26· cited 81×
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Wenger
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-06-12· cited 57×
• Savoie v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1977-06-20· cited 49×
• Lincoln National Life Insurance v. Commonwealth Corrugated Container Corp.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-03-08· cited 39×
• K-B Corp. v. Gallagher
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-09-01· cited 36×
• Board of Supervisors v. Boaz
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1940-09-05· cited 33×
• Hoffer Bros. v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1927-06-16· cited 27×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Gandy
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-09-22· cited 24×
• United Service Automobile Association v. Andrew Byrd Pinkard and Edward J. Hanks, Administrator of the Estate of Clifton Wiley Hanks, Deceased
  Fourth Circuit· 1966-01-20· cited 20×