Railkar v. Boll

MODIFIED OPINION ON DENIAL OF PETITION FOR REHEARING

Ashok Railkar filed suit for personal injuries against Janice Boll and recovered a trial judgment in the amount of $5,000. P. F. Collier, Inc., as Railkar’s employer, and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co., as the workmen’s compensation carrier, were given leave to intervene to protect the lien of workmen’s compensation paid to Railkar in the amount of $9,800.

Petitioner, Philip E. Howard, an attorney, had represented Railkar in the injury suit. He also represented Railkar in a prosecution of an appeal of that suit on the issue of damages…