Salyer v. National Trailer Convoy, Inc.

OPALA, Justice.

Plaintiff recovered judgment against National Trailer Convoy, Inc., one of two defendants in an action to recover damages from a negligent injury to her property. The other defendant, Burlington Northern Railroad Company [Railroad], was found by the jury to have been free of negligence and later recovered a counsel-fee award against the plaintiff. The trial court granted priority in the plaintiff’s judgment to MidAmerica Federal Savings & Loan Association [MidAmerica], a secured creditor and an intervenor in the action. Over ten, but within thirty, days after that ruling,…