Magistrate: Contractor, Subcontractor Must Be Joined To Insurer’s Declaratory Suit

(August 8, 2023, 9:46 AM EDT) -- MIAMI — A general contractor and a subcontractor are indispensable parties in a commercial general liability insurer’s declaratory action against the subcontractor’s CGL insurers related to the defense and indemnification of the general contractor in an underlying construction defects suit and, therefore, should be joined to the action, a federal magistrate judge in Florida recommended....