Gray Law LLP v. Transcontinental Insurance

This appeal presents a dispute over an attorneys’ fees agreement between a law firm, representing an injured worker in a suit against a third-party tortfeasor, and a workers’ compensation carrier, who claims subrogation rights for medical payments made to the worker. The district court granted summary judgment for the carrier, holding that the agreement was unenforceable.

The dispute arises from a medical malpractice case in which Gray Law represented the injured worker. That case settled for $4,200,000, of which the worker kept only approximately $900,000, after the lawyers and workers’…