Sunda v. United Services Automobile Ass'n

I respectfully dissent from the majority decision, and would reverse the trial court’s grant of summary judgment.

Confronting whether a workers’ compensation insurer can recover reimbursement of compensation benefits from an uninsured/underinsured motorist carrier in light of its prior holding in Johnson v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co., 426 So.2d 224 (La.1982), and the 1989 amendment to La. R.S. 23:1101, the Louisiana Supreme Court in Travelers, 656 So.2d 1000, held an employer’s UM insurer is a “third person” legally liable to pay an employee damages arising from a work-related accident. Further,…