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064055P.pdf 05/17/2007 Medical Liability Mutual Insur v. Alan Curtis
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-4055
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
[PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Benton and Shepherd, Circuit
Judges]
Civil Case - intervention. In declaratory judgment action to clarify
insurance company's obligation under insurance policies to defend
entities in state court negligence action brought by resident's family in
retirement home, district court did not err in denying family member right
to intervene as a matter of right under Rule 24(a)(2) because contingent
right of recovery is not cognizable or legally protectable and district
court did not abuse its discretion in denying her permissive intervention.