Legal Opinion
Ross v. Marshall
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 21, 2005No. 03-20989PublishedCited by 240 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
An insurer sought to intervene as of right in a suit against its insured for the purpose of appealing a judgment holding the insured vicariously liable for $10 million in damages. The district court denied the intervention and struck the insurer’s answer and notice of appeal. The insured subsequently abandoned his appeal and assigned all rights and claims against his insurer to the plaintiffs. The insurer appealed. After first addressing our jurisdiction, we conclude that the district court erred in denying intervention and abused its discretion in…
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