Lawson v. Smith

Although the record does not contain the pleading which initiated the proceeding resulting in this appeal, the matter appears to arise from an application of the plaintiff-appellant, William D. Lawson, for a determination of the amount of the subrogation interest, if any, of the intervenor-appellee, The Travelers Companies, the workers’ compensation carrier for his employer, and for leave to deduct therefrom a portion of the attorney fee he incurred in effecting a $385,000 settlement with the defendant-appellee Ford Motor Company. In any event, the district court found that Travelers was…