Hazen v. Allstate Ins. Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that Florida’s first nonjoinder statute, section 627.7262 enacted in 1976, “was a legislative response to the decision[ ] in Shingleton v. Bussey, 223 So. 2d 713 (Fla. 1969
• discussing different versions of the nonjoinder statute and how the amendments affected pending litigation procedure
• “By its terms, the nonjoinder statute applies only to a cause of action which is covered by a liability insurance contract i.e., a tort action.”
• discussing the history of the nonjoinder statute and this provision
• “[W]e think the reasoning on this point in Howton is unsound.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).