Alsbach v. Bader

SATZ, Presiding Judge.

In the court below, appellant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) filed a motion to intervene as a matter of right under Rule 52.-12(a)(2). The trial court denied State Farm’s motion. State Farm appeals. 1 We reverse and remand.

The facts are not in dispute. A car driven by plaintiff, Carl J. Alsbach, collided with a car driven by defendant, Margaret Sue Bader. Plaintiff sued defendant Bad-er, alleging Bader was negligent and joined Bader’s employer, Gretson Corbitt, as a defendant under the doctrine of respondeat superior. In her answer, defendant…