Allstate Insurance v. Hayes

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a default declaration of non-coverage against insured does not bind third parties
• holding that where the injured party is a named defendant in the insurer’s action for declaratory judgment, a default by the insured will not prevent the injured party from litigating the coverage question
• \Properly understood ... the actual controversy requirement is simply a summary of justiciability as the necessary condition for judicial relief\
• “[An] injured party in an insurer’s action for declaratory judgment is a proper party to that action.”
• “[T]he purpose of the [DJA] is to allow parties to avoid multiple litigation. ...”
• “[T]he injured defendant’s position is in conflict with that of the plaintiff and will be foreclosed by a determination of rights contrary to his position. We think the interest is sufficiently concrete to assure effective advocacy.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).