State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Yapejian

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, when conflicts arise amongst the districts, the circuit court is bound by the decisions of the appellate court district in which it sits
• holding that public policy favors the determination of coverage issues by the courts
• holding that public policy favors the determination of coverage issues by the courts
• holding that decisions of appellate courts are binding on circuit courts
• noting that an appellate court is not bound by the decisions of other appellate courts
• “a court construing the language of a statute will assume that the legislature did not intend to produce an absurd or unjust result”

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