Motion To Dismiss Denied; Disability Claimant Failed To Show Joinder Is Necessary

Mealey's (May 4, 2020, 12:39 PM EDT) -- PHOENIX — An Arizona federal judge on May 1 denied a disability claimant’s motion to dismiss after determining that it is not necessary to join all the underwriters to a declaratory judgment suit filed by one of the underwriters because the claimant failed to prove that the other underwriters’ rights would be impaired if they were not joined as parties (Liberty Corporate Capital Ltd., v. Jill Marie Steigleman, No. 19-5698, D. Ariz., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76979)....