· 12/7/2001
Melissa Lancaster Tim Lancaster v. American and Foreign Insurance Company Royal Insurance Company of America Royal Surplus Line Insurance Co.
Citations
- 272 F.3d 1059
- 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 26277
- 2001 WL 1556951
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that “[a]n ordinary garnishment proceeding is not a direct action, but rather is ancillary to the underlying tort action.”
- “We are not bound by decisions of intermediate appellate courts, although they do provide persuasive authority, and we follow them when they are the best evidence of state law.”
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Judges: Wollman, Hansen, Riley
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