Sitton v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• vacating a class-certification trial plan because its effect was to “eliminate causation as an element of plaintiffs’ bad faith and Consumer Protection Act [(ch. 19.86 RCW)] claims”
• vacating a class-certification trial plan because its effect was to \eliminate causation as an element of plaintiffs' bad faith and Consumer Protection Act [(chapter 19.86 RCW)] claims\
• “Bifurcation does not violate the Seventh Amendment unless the questions sought to be bifurcated are so interwoven that one cannot be submitted independently of the other without confusion and uncertainty.”
• “courts have a variety of procedural options to reduce the burden of resolving individual damage issues, including bifurcated trials, use of subclasses or masters, [or] pilot or test cases with selected class members”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jennifer S. v. Department of Child Safety
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2016-08-09· cited 145×
• Moeller v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Washington
  Washington Supreme Court· 2011-12-22· cited 54×
• Nelson v. Appleway Chevrolet, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-04-26· cited 46×
• Schnall v. AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2011-04-14· cited 44×
• Kavu, Inc. v. Omnipak Corp.
  W.D. Washington· 2007-01-23· cited 39×
• Chavez v. Our Lady of Lourdes Hosp. at Pasco
  Washington Supreme Court· 2018-04-19· cited 15×
• Moeller v. Farmers Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-03-16· cited 13×
• Moeller v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Washington
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-03-16· cited 12×
• Renaldo White v. Symetra Assigned Benefits Service Company
  Ninth Circuit· 2024-06-20· cited 12×
• John Doe G v. Department of Corrections
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2017-01-23· cited 11×
• Admasu v. Port of Seattle
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2014-10-27· cited 11×
• Wright v. Jeckle
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-05-13· cited 7×
• Moore v. Washington State Health Care Authority
  Washington Supreme Court· 2014-08-21· cited 7×
• McGinn v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2004-11-19· cited 4×
• Schnall v. AT & T Wireless Services, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-02-09· cited 1×
• Moore v. Health Care Auth.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2014-08-21
• Comcast Cable Communication Mgmt v. State Of Washington
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2021-03-08
• Maria Barnes, V. Sea Mar Community Health Centers, Et Ano.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2024-01-08
• Robert E. Thomas Trust, V. Johns Real Estate Corp
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2022-01-03

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-26· cited 1,691×
• Dianne Castano v. The American Tobacco Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-05-23· cited 871×
• Gasoline Products Co. v. Champlin Refining Co.
  Supreme Court· 1931-05-18· cited 659×
• Allison v. Citgo Petroleum Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-10-02· cited 578×
• Maximo HILAO, Class Plaintiffs, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ESTATE OF Ferdinand MARCOS, Defendant-Appellant
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-12-17· cited 402×
• Esplin v. Hirschi
  Tenth Circuit· 1968-09-30· cited 393×
• Sofie v. Fibreboard Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1989-09-27· cited 308×
• Safeco Insurance Co. of America v. Butler
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-02-06· cited 260×
• Lacey Nursing Center, Inc. v. Department of Revenue
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-11-02· cited 166×
• Coventry Associates v. Am. States Ins. Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-09-03· cited 138×
• Coventry Associates v. American States Insurance
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-09-03· cited 138×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,925 Arthur Young & Company v. United States District Court, Etc., Albert Kaufman, Real Parties in Interest
  Ninth Circuit· 1977-03-04· cited 119×
• Smith v. Behr Process Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-09-13· cited 95×
• Besel v. Viking Insurance
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-07-18· cited 88×
• Besel v. Viking Ins. Co. of Wisconsin
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-07-18· cited 82×
• Pickett v. Holland America Line-Westours, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2001-11-29· cited 47×
• Myers v. Boeing Company
  Washington Supreme Court· 1990-08-15· cited 43×
• Brown v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1971-12-30· cited 31×
• Dore v. Kinnear
  Washington Supreme Court· 1971-10-14· cited 27×
• Molski v. Gleich
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-10-10· cited 13×