Moyer v. Douglas & Lomason Co.

This case involves the allocation of expenses and attorney fees between employer and employee under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-118 (Reissue 1978). George H. Moyer, Jr., counsel for the injured employee, appeals from an order of the District Court for Platte County, Nebraska, requiring the repayment of attorney fees and expenses deducted from a portion of a total settlement attributable to the workmen’s compensation subrogation claim of the employer. We reverse and dismiss.

Shirley TePoel was injured on September 19, 1974, while operating a machine on the production line for her employer, Douglas &…