Great American Insurance Co. v. Spoden

OPINION

PETERSON, Justice.

This appeal, brought against a law firm and its attorneys individually by a nonclient workers’ compensation carrier, inquires into the circumstances under which an attorney acquires a duty to preserve part of a client’s recovery in a third-party action to satisfy the subrogation interest of the carrier. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the attorneys, finding that they owed no duty to the workers’ compensation carrier. Because the carrier alleges no more than that the attorneys had notice of its claim, without alleging any agreement with or…