Jones v. CGU Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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• tort claimant has no direct cause of action against tortfeasor’s liability insurer until insured-tortfeasor is adjudged liable to tort claimant
• abuse of discretion to dismiss under section 13.001 if case arguably has basis in law
• abuse of discretion to dismiss under section 13.001 if case arguably has basis in law
• trial court correctly determined there was no legal basis for injured party to sue alleged tortfea-sor’s liability insurer; injured party was not in privity with liability insurer and was simply tort claimant against alleged tort-feasor who had settled with her

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).