Joining Tort Claimant In Insurance Dispute Necessary, Judge Rules

Mealey's (March 6, 2017, 2:21 PM EST) -- JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Joining a tort claimant in an insurance dispute as a counterclaim defendant is proper because his absence in the proceedings would mean that a federal district court would not be able to accord complete relief among the existing parties, a federal judge in Missouri ruled March 1 in granting an insurer’s motion to join (Nathaniel Straub v. Progressive Preferred Insurance Co., No. 17-4022, W.D. Mo., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28463)....