Kaiman v. MERCY MIDLANDS MED. & DENTAL PLAN

491 N.W.2d 356 (1992)

Howard A. KAIMAN, Appellant,

v.

MERCY MIDLANDS MEDICAL AND DENTAL PLAN and Michael Lawler, Trustee, Appellees.

No. A-90-435.

Court of Appeals of Nebraska.

May 19, 1992.

Jon B. Abbott, Omaha, for appellant.

Jon S. Reid, of Kennedy, Holland, DeLacy & Svoboda, Omaha, for appellees.

SIEVERS, C.J., and HANNON and WRIGHT, JJ.

SIEVERS, Chief Judge.

This appeal presents the first impression issue of whether a health care insurer who is reimbursed as the result of an injured employee's successful workers' compensation suit is obligated to pay attorney fees to the employee's attorney.

This…