Taylor v. Hartford Fire Insurance

This appeal is by defendant-appellant, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, workmen’s compensation carrier for Oliver Farm Equipment Company, from summary judgment entered in favor of plaintiff-appellee, Jessie Taylor, administrator for the estate of Robert Florence, and from an order denying defendant’s post-trial motion.

Decedent, Robert Florence, employee of Oliver Farm Equipment, was injured as a result of an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. The defendant, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, negotiated a settlement with decedent’s attorney of $2,125 payable in a lump…