Royal Insurance v. Roadarmel

¶1 The Royal Insurance Company (“Royal”) initiated this subrogation action against Earl W. Roadarmel (“Roadarmel”), who had been injured in a workers’ compensation accident in 1986, and the attorney who prosecuted his claim, Donald E. White (‘White”). The Workers’ Compensation Court, State of Montana (“the WCC”), granted summary judgment to Royal under the subrogation statute *510of the Workers’ Compensation Act, § 39-71-414, MCA (1985), finding Roadarmel and White (collectively “Appellants”) personally liable for Royal’s share of third-party proceeds received as a result of litigation against…