Blazek v. North American Life & Casualty Co.

Otis, Justice.

Proceedings by appellant-intervenor to impress an attorney’s lien on funds payable by defendant-insurer to plaintiff Blazek.

On October 6, 1952, defendant issued plaintiff an accident and health policy which entitled the insured to receive $200 a month during such time as he might be disabled from gainful employment. Plaintiff thereafter asserted a claim for injuries which he alleged incapacitated him on January 14, 1953. Defendant resisted the claim, and the matter was litigated by intervenor in Hennepin County District Court, resulting in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in…