Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. Quiroga-Saenz.

Branch, Judge.

*494 In August 2013, Maria Quiroga-Saenz rear-ended a car driven by her sister Armandina. On the day after Armandina obtained a default judgment of $1 million against Maria arising from this accident, Maria's insurer, Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company, retained counsel for Maria, who filed an answer and moved to set aside the default judgment. As part of a settlement with Armandina, however, Maria later withdrew the motion to set aside. Liberty Mutual then moved to intervene on grounds including that Maria had abandoned her own defense. On appeal, Liberty Mutual argues that the…