National Union Fire Insurance v. Lynette C.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that \actual trial\ against insured, requires independent adjudication of facts based on evidentiary showing and process that does not create potential for abuse, fraud, or collusion
• holding that “actual trial” against insured, requires independent adjudication of facts based on evidentiary showing and process that does not create potential for abuse, fraud, or collusion
• recognizing that a “default prove up proceeding preserve^] a semblance of independent adjudication under court supervision” which is not present in the context of a stipulated judgment between parties
• finding that three insurance policies were available to satisfy a judgment where consecutive policies were in effect during abuse that occurred over three-year period
• party collaterally estopped from re-litigating issue where it had substantially participated in prior proceeding

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).