Hale v. Fireman's Fund Insurance

How courts have described this case

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• holding plaintiff could not “win a judgment in the tort action” because “[t]he defendant insurance companies are not required to do anything concerning the plaintiff until a judgment is entered in his favor against [the insured]”
• request for declaratory relief not ripe if contingent upon happening of event that cannot be forecast and may never take place
• request for declaratory relief not ripe if contingent upon happening of event that cannot be forecast and may never take place
• plaintiff, injured party, who held no judgment against purported tortfeasor defendant, could not seek declaratory relief from insurer as plaintiff's rights are too remote and contingent to be appropriate for such relief and no present controversy existed between parties

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).