Krapfl v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.

CARTER, Justice.

This appeal presents a dispute concerning whether a subrogated medical payment insurer, who intervened in plaintiffs’ personal injury action, may be held responsible for a pro rata share of plaintiffs’ attorney fees and litigation expenses in recovering damages from defendants. The district court interpreted our decision in Principal Casualty Insurance Co. v. Norwood, 463 N.W.2d 66 (Iowa 1990), as relieving the subrogated insurer from that responsibility. We disagree and reverse the judgment of the district court.

Plaintiffs, Nancy and Thomas Krapfl, are insured under a family…