Ransom v. Ford Motor Co.

COYNE, Justice.

Ford Motor Company seeks reimbursement out of workers’ compensation benefits awarded Gerald Ransom, its employee, for benefits paid Ransom by Ford pursuant to its accident and sickness plan. A compensation judge awarded Ford’s accident and sickness plan reimbursement in the amount of the disability benefits paid the employee reduced by a proportionate share of the fees awarded the employee’s lawyer. Affirming the employer’s right of reimbursement, the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals reversed the award of attorneys’ fees on the ground that the employer’s benefits plan is…