Pinkerton's Inc. v. Ferguson

OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

Pinkerton's, Inc., appeals the trial court's declaratory judgment, which concluded that Pinkerton's was not entitled to a worker's compensation lien on proceeds paid to Rita Ferguson under the uninsured motorist provision of her personal automobile insurance policy and that Pinkerton's liability to provide worker's compensation benefits was not terminated by Ferguson's receipt of those proceeds. Because we find that it would contravene public policy to permit Pinkerton's to assert a lien on Ferguson's insurance proceeds and that termination of benefits is not…