Nominal Defendant recovers from uninsured owner
The Nominal Defendant can recover from an uninsured owner or driver any costs reasonably incurred in compromising the claim.
The Court of Appeals of North Carolina has held that a claimant is collaterally estopped from asserting that an arbitration award triggers coverage under an insured's lawyers professional liability policy where the arbitration award found the insured liable solely in his capacity as a fund manager.