{"id":4541,"date":"2014-12-10T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=4541"},"modified":"2014-12-07T20:31:29","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T02:31:29","slug":"u-s-court-appeals-reverses-trial-court-issue-whether-federal-court-can-ignore-state-court-judgment-grounds-state-court-jurisdiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/u-s-court-appeals-reverses-trial-court-issue-whether-federal-court-can-ignore-state-court-judgment-grounds-state-court-jurisdiction\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses Trial Court on the Issue of Whether a Federal Court Can Ignore a State Court Judgment on the Grounds that the State Court Did Not Have Jurisdiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robert Lodholtz was seriously injured in 2011 while working at a plant owned by Pulliam Enterprises<\/a> in Indiana. Lodholtz filed a personal-injury lawsuit against Pulliam in the Indiana state court. Pulliam called on Granite State Insurance Co., its primary liability insurer, along with New Hampshire Insurance Co.<\/a>, to defend and indemnify it against the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Granite State refused to indemnify Pulliam stating that Lodholtz as an employee should pursue his claim for worker\u2019s compensation. Lodholtz disagreed arguing that he was employed by another company while he worked at Pulliam\u2019s plant and therefore had no basis for a worker\u2019s compensation claim.<\/p>\n

Pulliam chose not to file an answer to the complaint, so Lodholtz moved for default judgment, which was granted. Lodholtz then agreed with Pulliam not to pursue the default judgment and in return Pulliam assigned to Lodholtz its rights against Granite State. Granite State then moved to intervene in Lodholtz\u2019s lawsuit. The Indiana state court denied the motion to intervene.<\/p>\n

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Robert Lodholtz was seriously injured in 2011 while working at a plant owned by Pulliam Enterprises in Indiana. Lodholtz filed a personal-injury lawsuit against Pulliam in the Indiana state court. Pulliam called on Granite State Insurance Co., its primary liability insurer, along with New Hampshire Insurance Co., to defend and indemnify it against the lawsuit. 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