Reeves v. Tepen

The appellant appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Calhoun County finding that an employer is entitled to a lien for payments of Workmen’s Compensation benefits to an employee from the settlement proceeds of a lawsuit between the employee and a third-party tort-feasor arising out of the same occurrence regardless of the employer’s negligence. The case is presented to this court on the pleadings.

George Reeves, an employee of George Lorton, on December 15, 1964, was in the rear of the employer’s truck putting away some tools as the employer was driving the truck from a job site to the…