Simms v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• law of state in which contract was made is applied to determine disputes concerning the contract
• Kansas courts apply the law of the place where the contract was made when the question involves interpretation of a contract

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Kansas Gas and Electric Company
  Tenth Circuit· 1988-12-01· cited 95×
• St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance v. International Playtex, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1989-07-14· cited 47×
• Klocek v. Gateway, Inc.
  D. Kansas· 2000-06-15· cited 38×
• Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Hartford Casualty Insurance
  D. Kansas· 2002-02-27· cited 36×
• Moses v. Halstead
  Tenth Circuit· 2009-09-08· cited 29×
• United Wats, Inc. v. Cincinnati Insurance
  D. Kansas· 1997-07-08· cited 21×
• Gillespie v. Seymour
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1994-06-17· cited 16×
• Heatron, Inc. v. Shackelford
  D. Kansas· 1995-08-30· cited 16×
• Novak v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2001-08-03· cited 16×
• American States Insurance v. McCann Ex Rel. McCann
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1993-01-15· cited 14×
• Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Kansas City v. Fletcher Bell
  Tenth Circuit· 1986-08-15· cited 13×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Baker
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1990-09-07· cited 13×
• Frasher v. Life Investors Insurance Co. of America
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1990-07-27· cited 12×
• Civic Associates, Inc. v. Security Insurance Co. of Hartford
  D. Kansas· 1990-10-16· cited 12×
• Federated Rural Electric Insurance Co. v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
  D. Kansas· 1995-01-24· cited 11×
• Ori, Inc. v. Lanewala
  D. Kansas· 2001-06-07· cited 11×
• Ace Property & Casualty Insurance v. Superior Boiler Works, Inc.
  D. Kansas· 2007-08-27· cited 10×
• Commercial Union Insurance v. John Massman Contracting Co.
  D. Kansas· 1989-05-31· cited 8×
• Brul v. MidAmerican Bank & Trust Co.
  D. Kansas· 1993-04-20· cited 7×
• American Multi-Cinema, Inc. v. Southroads, L.L.C
  D. Kansas· 2000-10-17· cited 7×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Boseman v. Connecticut General Life Insurance
  Supreme Court· 1937-04-26· cited 191×
• Louise C. Pound v. Insurance Company of North America, a Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1971-05-04· cited 50×
• John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Dorman
  Ninth Circuit· 1939-11-28· cited 44×
• Exstrum v. Union Casualty and Life Insurance Co.
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1958-07-25· cited 41×
• Thieme v. Union Labor Life Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1957-01-08· cited 30×
• Miller v. Home Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1980-09-09· cited 27×
• Avondale v. Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the World
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1938-04-29· cited 19×
• Gibson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1974-01-26· cited 18×
• Fagan v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
  D. Kansas· 1961-12-29· cited 18×
• Lindstrom v. Aetna Life Insurance Company
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1973-01-17· cited 18×
• Blue Cross of Northeastern New York, Inc. v. Ayotte
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1970-11-23· cited 16×
• Young v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1942-12-18· cited 14×
• Simmons v. Continental Casualty Company
  D. Nebraska· 1968-06-24· cited 13×
• Smith v. McBride & Dehmer Construction Co.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1975-01-25· cited 12×
• Transport Life Insurance Company v. Karr
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1973-02-26· cited 10×
• Neumer v. Yellow Freight System, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1976-11-06· cited 9×
• Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States v. Austin
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1934-06-12· cited 8×
• Kolich v. Travelers Insurance
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1941-12-06· cited 7×
• State Mutual Life Assurance Co. of America v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1961-03-15· cited 2×
• Ellis v. Eagle-Picher Lead Co.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1924-05-10· cited 1×