State v. Glens Falls Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• construing a policy covering damages neither expected nor intended, the court held that an insured sheriff was entitled to coverage with respect to a wrongful levy claim where the sheriff had a mistaken belief that he was authorized to levy on the property he seized
• construing a policy covering damages neither expected nor intended, the court held that an insured sheriff was entitled to coverage with respect to a wrongful levy claim where the sheriff had a mistaken belief that he was authorized to levy on the property he seized
• seizure of mobile home was an occurrence because no harm was intended by the insured
• punitive damages covered where insurer agreed to pay “all sums which the insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages”
• insured had “reasonable expectation” that broad policy language of “all sums” meant “all sums” including punitive damages
• insurance industry developed standard occurrence-based liability policy which included definition of occurrence as in NUFI

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Fairfield Insurance Co. v. Stephens Martin Paving, LP
  Texas Supreme Court· 2008-02-15· cited 162×
• Physicians Insurance v. Swanson
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1991-04-03· cited 118×
• Vermont Mutual Insurance v. Malcolm
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1986-10-02· cited 109×
• Dayton Hudson Corp. v. American Mutual Liability Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1980-12-23· cited 91×
• Northern Security Insurance v. Perron
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-05-04· cited 55×
• Red Ball Leasing, Inc. And American Red Ball Transit Company, Inc. v. The Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-10-04· cited 53×
• Hensley v. Erie Insurance Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-10-20· cited 48×
• State v. CNA Ins. Companies
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-07-20· cited 36×
• Skyline Harvestore Systems, Inc. v. Centennial Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1983-03-16· cited 33×
• Espinet v. Horvath
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-08-09· cited 27×
• Cooperative Fire Ins. Ass'n v. Bizon
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-03-28· cited 26×
• Wojciak v. Northern Package Corp.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1981-10-09· cited 25×
• Baker v. Armstrong
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1987-10-28· cited 23×
• American Protection Insurance v. McMahan
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-05-05· cited 21×
• Fluke Corp. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-08-28· cited 21×
• A.B.C. Builders, Inc. v. American Mutual Insurance
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1995-07-14· cited 21×
• Hartford Casualty Insurance v. Powell
  N.D. Texas· 1998-09-30· cited 17×
• City of Jasper, Indiana v. Employers Insurance of Wausau, a Mutual Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-03-03· cited 15×
• Serecky v. National Grange Mutual Insurance
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-07-09· cited 14×
• City of Burlington v. Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-09-22· cited 13×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Northwestern National Casualty Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin v. Edward A. McNulty and Walter Scott Smith
  Fifth Circuit· 1962-08-21· cited 205×
• Lazenby Ex Rel. Lazenby v. Universal Underwriters Insurance
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1964-10-09· cited 104×
• Bituminous Casualty Corp. v. Bartlett
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1976-01-23· cited 72×
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Company v. Muth
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1973-05-21· cited 52×
• Price v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1972-10-24· cited 41×
• Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Insurance Company v. Mrs. Myrtle Louise Thornton
  Fourth Circuit· 1957-05-20· cited 21×
• Utica Mutual Insurance v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1975-04-01· cited 21×
• Noyes v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1965-12-07· cited 20×
• Concord General Mutual Insurance Company v. Hills
  D. Maine· 1972-06-30· cited 17×
• AMBASSADOR INSURANCE COMPANY v. Montes
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1977-02-08· cited 14×
• Fish v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1967-12-05· cited 9×
• General Casualty Co. of America v. Woodby
  Sixth Circuit· 1956-12-04· cited 8×

Other cases named State v. Glens Falls Insurance

4 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• State v. Glens Falls Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1980-03-27· cited 13×
• State v. Glens Falls Insurance
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1976-09-17· cited 7×
• State v. Glens Falls Insurance
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1979-02-09
• State v. Glens Falls Insurance
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1979-09-17