Blizzard v. Chrisman's Cash Register Co.

NATURE OF CASE

This is a workers’ compensation case tried on stipulated facts. Appellants include Patricia Blizzard, also known as Patricia Eisenach, widow of Denny E. Blizzard; Andrea Kay Blizzard; and Harold M. Zabin, assignee of the law firm of Richards, Riekes, Brown & Zabin, P.C. Appellants claim that appellee, Chrisman’s Cash Register Co., through its workers’ compensation insurer, Travelers Insurance Company (Travelers), which voluntarily paid to Patricia’s daughter, Andrea, the sum of $44,304 as a 50-percent penalty, should have paid one-third of that amount to Patricia’s attorney,…