Northwestern Nat. Ins. Co. v. Am. States Ins. Co.

585 S.W.2d 925 (1979)

NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL INSUANCE COMPANY, Appellant,

v.

AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

No. 79-63.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, Division 1.

September 10, 1979.

Laser, Sharp, Haley, Young & Huckabay, P. A., Little Rock, for appellant.

Lowe & Hamlin, Little Rock, for appellee.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

Under our 1973 No-Fault Insurance Act an insurance company which makes a nofault payment to its own insured is entitled to a lien upon, and a right of reimbursement from, any tort recovery obtained by its insured, less the insurance company's proportionate part of the costs…