Texas Mutual Insurance Co. v. Ledbetter

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that Rule 95 only applies to situations in which a defendant has plead payment as an affirmative defense but does not apply to “payment as an affirmative claim”
• explaining that late intervention is possible only where justice so requires and “there is neither unnecessary delay nor prejudice to the existing parties”
• stating that first-money reimbursement is crucial to the workers' compensation system and prevents double recovery by workers
• explaining that late intervention is possible only where justice so requires and “there is neither unnecessary delay nor prejudice to the existing parties”
• noting that fair-notice standard requires pleadings that allow the opposing party to ascertain “the nature, basic issues, and the type of evidence that might be relevant to the controversy”
• stating that parties “can intervene even after judgment or on appeal” under virtual-representation doctrine

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).