Home Indemnity Co. v. Pate

OPINION

MIRABAL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of a defendant in a suit by a worker’s compensation insurance carrier to enforce a subrogation lien. We reverse and remand.

The Home Indemnity Company, appellant (Home Indemnity), was the worker’s compensation carrier for Arthur Dooley & Sons, Inc., whose employee, Charles Riddle (the employee), was injured in the course and scope of his employment. Home Indemnity made payments to and for the benefit of the employee, in the amount of $37,748.49.

At the time of the events involved in this appeal, a worker’s compensation…