Legal Opinion
Mustain v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 17, 1996No. 80936PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALMA WILSON, Chief Justice:
Pursuant to the Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, 20 O.S.1991, §§ 1601, et seq., the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit certified the following question of state law to this Court:
Are the decisions in Hibbs v. Farmers Insurance Co., 725 P.2d 1232 (Okla.1985) and Smith v. Government Employees Insurance Co., 558 P.2d 1160 (Okla.1976) that when an insurance policy contains an excess insurance clause, primary coverage must be exhausted before the secondary insurer is liable, still good law in light of Buzzard v. Farmers Insurance Co., 824…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Buzzard v. Farmers Ins. Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1991
- Moser v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1986
- Equity Mutual Insurance Co. v. Spring Valley Wholesale Nursery, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. WendtSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1985
- Shepard v. Farmers Ins. Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1983
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Haberman v. Hartford Insurance GroupCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
- Shotts v. GEICOCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2019
- Burch v. Allstate Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1999
- Bishop v. State Farm Mutual Auto InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2000
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Sentinel Insurance Co.Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 2009
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