Old Republic Insurance Co. v. Jason D. and Andrea O'Neal

I am in firm agreement with the majority’s decision that the trial court erred in denying Old Republic Insurance Company’s (“Old Republic”) motion for relief under Rule 60(b) as the record in this case suggests that the,trial court and plaintiffs’ counsel took concerted efforts to prevent Old Republic from being a party to this action until after the issue of Old Republic’s right to statutory subrogation was resolved in a manner favorable to plaintiffs’ counsel.1 After correctly recognizing the “culpability” of both the circuit court and plaintiffs’, counsel, the majority then proceeded to…