State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Nail

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• explaining that the nonjoinder statute \reflects the public policy that an injured person has no beneficial interest in a liability policy prior to obtaining a judgment against an insured under that policy\
• observing that arguments for judicial economy and the \very real possibility of inconsistent verdicts . . . do not overcome the danger that jurors may be influenced if they know the defendant has liability insurance coverage\
• quashing the trial court's order consolidating a negligence action against the insurer with the insurer's declaratory judgment action seeking a determination of its rights and obligations under the policy as violative of the nonjoinder statute
• \[Section 627.4136] reflects the public policy that an injured person has no beneficial interest in a liability policy prior to obtaining a judgment against an insured under that policy.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).