State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. Lisa Byrd Garrity, Administratrix of Estate of Judy Rice, and Freddie B. Rice

How courts have described this case

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

• “In an ideal world, the policy coverage question would be adjudicated before the state tort suit is tried.”
• “In a typical case, the insurance company is estopped because it is in privity with the insured. The interests of the company and the insured in opposing the plaintiff’s claim are identical.”
• “In a typical case, the insurance company is estopped because it is in privity with the insured. The interests of the company and the insured in opposing the plaintiffs claim are identical.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).