Maryland Sound Industries, Inc. v. Simmons

In this appeal from a final judgment granting equitable distribution, a workers’ compensation carrier and its insured contend that the trial court erred in holding that the carrier’s lien did not attach to the injured plaintiffs jury award of non-eeo-nomie damages. We agree and reverse the order granting equitable distribution.

Roy Alan Simmons, a resident of Maryland and employee of Maryland Sound Industries, Inc., was injured in Palm Beach County while working upon a stage at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Simmons and his wife, Bernadette Mooney, filed a negligence suit against three…