Legal Opinion

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. DeCaigney

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided July 30, 1996No. WD 50627PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMART, Judge.

David DeCaigney appeals from a verdict, after jury trial, in favor of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”) in this declaratory judgment action. He presents four points in this appeal, claiming that the trial court erred: (1) in refusing his proposed instruction defining the term “live with” because that term was vague and ambiguous; (2) in sustaining an objection during closing argument, thereby prohibiting counsel from arguing that the term “fives with you” was vague or ambiguous; (3) in sustaining a hearsay objection to the proffered testimony of his…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. DeWitt v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1984
  2. Peters v. Employers Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1993
  3. Oldaker v. PetersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1991
  4. Karashin v. Haggard Hauling & Rigging, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1983
  5. School District of Independence, No. 30 v. U.S. Gypsum Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1988

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. United Fire & Casualty Company v. Titan Contractors Service, IncCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2014
  2. In the Matter of Estate of DeanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
  3. State v. HirtMissouri Court of Appeals · 2000
  4. Thornton v. Gray Automotive Parts Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2001
  5. Environmental Waste Management, Inc. v. Industrial Excavating & Equipment, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1998

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