Legal Opinion

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Dyer

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided March 15, 1994No. 89-8074PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRETT, District Judge.

The plaintiff-appellee, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm), brought this declaratory judgment action to determine its coverage obligations arising out of an automobile accident.1 The accident was a single vehicle collision in which the driver Teddy Ray Dyer (Dyer) survived but the passenger Jody Glenn Dod-gion was killed. After the defendant-appellant Alice lone Halstead Colley (Colley)2 brought a wrongful death action against Dyer in state court, State Farm initiated this action in federal district court. A motion to dismiss was denied and…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
  2. Salve Regina College v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Baldwin v. Iowa State Traveling Men's Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
  4. Solomon Lew v. Stanton Moss and Harlean MossCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
  5. Pamela Williams v. Life Savings and LoanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Teddy Ray DyerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
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  3. (PC) Lamon v. PfeifferDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2021
  4. (SS) Pratt v. Commissioner of Social SecurityDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2022
  5. Anna Flores v. Nancy A. BerryhillDistrict Court, C.D. California · 2020

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