Direct Action Law and Legal Definition
A direct action refers to a lawsuit by an insured against his or her own insurance company. A direct action is not a lawsuit against the tortfeasor or the tortfeasor's insurer. In a direct action a person claims against an insured by suing the insurer directly rather than pursuing compensation indirectly through the insured. A direct action can also refer to a lawsuit for enforcing a shareholder’s rights against a corporation.
Legal Definition list
- Dipsomania
- Diplomatic Visa
- Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office [DTS-PO]
- Diplomatic Security Service [DSS]
- Diplomatic Relations
- Direct Action
- Direct Air Carrier [Aeronautics and Space]
- Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program [Agriculture]
- Direct Ascending Line of Descent
- Direct Assistance [Transportation]
- Direct Attack
