Continental Casualty Co. v. Sharp

Tom Glaze Justice.

On October 26, 1987, the appellee, Bobby Sharp, suffered a back injury during the course and arising out of his employment with Kinco, Inc. At the time of this work-related accident, Continental Casualty Company (CCC), the appellant, provided worker’s compensation insurance coverage for Kinco, Inc. CCC paid Sharp worker’s compensation benefits totaling $128,424.77.

In October 1990, Sharp and his wife, Margie, through their attorney James Filyaw, brought a third-party-negligence action against Don Bull, Terracon Consultants S. C., Inc., Terracon Environmental, Inc. and…