Allstate Insurance Co. v. Bliss

ZIMMERMAN, Justice.

Defendant Utah State Insurance Fund (“the Insurance Fund”) appeals from the grant of a summary judgment denying its claim for reimbursement of money it was required to pay into the Second Injury Fund under section 35-l-68(2)(a) of the Code by reason of the job-related death of one Karen Bliss. U.C.A., 1953, § 35-1-68(2)(a) (Repl.Vol. 4B, 1974, Supp.1986). The Insurance Fund had sought reimbursement from settlement proceeds received by Karen’s parents, William and Veora Bliss (“the Blisses”) in a related wrongful death action against Allstate Insurance Company. The trial…