U.S. High Court Rejects Insurer’s Plea To Overturn Judgment Issued Without Defense

Mealey's (October 2, 2017, 1:28 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 2 denied an insurer’s petition for certiorari, which argued that the Missouri Supreme Court denied the insurer its fundamental due process rights when it relied on facts of a shooting incident reached in an underlying tort action where no defense was presented (Atain Specialty Insurance Company v. Franklin Allen, No. 17-59, U.S. Sup.)....