Damico v. Royal Insurance

BECK, Judge:

The issues before this court involve whether a dismissal without prejudice for failure to join an indispensable party is an appealable order and whether that party was in fact indispensable. We conclude that the trial court’s decision that it lacked jurisdiction because of the failure to join an indispensable party was an appealable order and that the trial judge correctly concluded that the party not joined was indispensable. Therefore, we affirm.

The cause of action in this case stems from an automobile accident. Appellant sought recovery from Royal Insurance Company, the only…