Britamco v. Cen. Jersey Investments

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• recognizing the potential benefits of a coverage determination on the duty to indemnify before the conclusion of an underlying negligence suit, including allowing for intelligent decisionmaking regarding settlement
• where issue of coverage is not dependent on resolution of fact issues common to underlying litigation, it may be determined in declaratory action prior to conclusion of underlying suit
• trial court departed from essential requirements of law, and insurer had no adequate remedy on appeal from final judgment, where trial court abated declaratory action to determine coverage pending outcome of tort case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).