Hartford Casualty Insurance v. Cardenas

*237 MEMORANDUM RE: MOVANTS’ MOTIONS FOR INTERVENTION OR JOINDER AND DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT

BAYLSON, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Seldom do people or entities fight hard to become parties to litigation. However, the existence of an insurance policy may provide the ordinarily lacking motivation. This dispute resonates from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro: Did the Count properly “intervene” in Figaro’s desire to marry and Susanna, and did the putative stud, Cherubino, properly “join” in the resolution?

This case requires exploration of joinder and intervention pursuant to Rules 19…