Maurer v. Thorpe

OPINION

SOSA, Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns the denial of plaintiff’s attempt to join defendant’s insurer as a party-defendant and is limited to the determination of one narrow issue, whether a plaintiff, who is required by law to join its insurance company as an indispensable party-plaintiff by way of subrogation in an automobile tort claim action, is denied equal protection of the law or denied due process if not allowed the right to join defendant’s insurance company as a party-defendant. This issue is one of first impression in this state and we granted certiorari in order to review…