Patterson v. Sharp

Opinion

RATTIGAN, J.

the entry of judgment upon a jury verdict in this wrongful death action, the trial court entered a second judgment purporting to adjust the rights and obligations of plaintiff, of defendant (a third party tortfeasor), and of the decedent’s employer’s workmen’s compensation insurance carrier (who had intervened in the action as a party plaintiff). Plaintiff and the insurance carrier appeal, separately, from the second judgment. The record 1 shows the following facts:

Albert Patterson, while on the job on April 15, 1965, received an injury which caused his death on July 18 of…