A Missouri Insurer’s Right to Intervene: The Seminal Case of McCrackin and Its Early Treatment in Federal Court

Background For years, Missouri has been notorious for bad news from the appellate courts on coverage and bad faith issues. The General Assembly has made numerous attempts to curb bad faith set-ups that have given insurers almost no opportunity to challenge sometimes questionable excess judgments and arbitration awards. However, the courts and clever policyholders’ counsel […]