Federal Kemper Insurance Company v. Rauscher, Richard H. And Griffith, Robert and Griffith, Linda. Appeal of Robert and Linda Griffith

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• holding that “abuse of discretion” is the standard under which Rule 59(e) motion denials are reviewed
• holding that the default of the insured does not impact the injured party's ability to defend itself in a declaratory judgment action by the insurer
• recognizing that \it would be anomalous to hold that the [third parties] should not be given an opportunity to estab- lish their case against [the insurer] because of a default which they could not prevent\
• “Concluding that the injured party has an independent, and not a derivative right, to be heard, is not only jurisprudentially sound, but is also realistic[.]”
• “Concluding that the injured party has an independent, and not a derivative right, to be heard, is not only jurispruden-tially sound, but is also realistic[.]”
• stating that injured third party \ha[s] standing to defend the declaratory judgment action despite the absence of . . . the actual insured\

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