Employees' Retirement System of Hawaii v. Osborne

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a declaratory judgment question was not moot where insurers “contributed to the settlement only after agreeing that their rights would not be prejudiced by the institution and defense of the suit for declaratory judgment.”
• finding declaratory judgment action to determine relative liabilities of insurers was not mooted where underlying tort action was settled
• finding declaratory judgment action to determine relative liabilities of insurers was not mooted where underlying tort action was settled
• “Moreover, the Supreme Court of the United States has held that a ‘case or controversy’ exists to support declaratory relief between an injured third party and an insurance company even in the absence of a judgment in favor of the third party against the insured.”
• discussing and distinguishing American Fidelity
• discussing and distinguishing American Fidelity

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