Legal Opinion
Christensen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided June 1, 1970No. 4910PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
KOBAYASHI, J.
Arlene Christensen owned an automobile which State Farm insured. Christensen went to the mainland for about three weeks, leaving her car in the custody of Cheryl DeWitt, a friend with whom she had worked. On September 21, 1965, DeWitt drove the car negligently, damaging the car and injuring her passenger Evelyn Gail Bethel.
*81Bethel sued both Christensen and DeWitt seeking damages for her injuries. First Circuit Civil No. 18152. Christensen cross-claimed against DeWitt for the damages to the automobile. DeWitt defaulted and filed bankruptcy. Judgment in No.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. BonomiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Hoosier Cas. Co. of Indianapolis, Ind. v. FoxDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1952
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. WolbarstSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1948
- Cohen v. Metropolitan Casualty InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1931
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3Cited by12 opinions
- The Western Casualty & Surety Company v. National Union Fire Insurance Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
- State v. MatiasHawaii Supreme Court · 1976
- Kekua v. Kaiser Foundation HospitalHawaii Supreme Court · 1979
- Herwig v. Enerson & EggenCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1980
- Geldert v. StateHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 1982
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