Floyd v. C.B. Askins & Co. Contractors

KONDUROS, J.:

The widow of Stanley D. Floyd (Claimant), Harriett A. Floyd, appeals the circuit court’s ruling limiting her husband’s workers’ compensation award upon his death from an unrelated cause. C.B. Askins & Co. Contractors and its insurer, AIU Insurance Company, (collectively Carrier) cross-appeal the circuit court’s failure to deduct attorney’s fees from Claimant’s award pursuant to an agreement between the parties. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

FACTS

Claimant received a serious, physical brain injury when he was involved in a bulldozer accident while employed with C.B. Askins…