Judge Says Contractor Filing Tort Claims Indispensable In Related Coverage Action

Mealey's (January 31, 2022, 11:08 AM EST) -- ATLANTA — A Georgia federal judge on Jan. 18 denied a general contractor’s motion to dismiss in a declaratory judgment coverage action filed by an insurer seeking a determination that it owes no coverage in an underlying state court negligence suit related to alleged faulty exterior hotel construction, finding that the general contractor is an indispensable party in the declaratory judgment action because it brought tort claims against a subcontractor in the underlying suit....