Millers Mut. Ins. Ass'n v. Young

The only issue presented on this appeal is whether a workman's compensation insurance carrier, having paid death benefits to the dependents of a covered employee, is entitled to intervene in a wrongful death action filed against third parties by the widow, as administratrix (under the provisions of the Wrongful Death Act, Ala. Code 1975, § 6-5-410), to recover the amount of death benefits it paid to the employee's dependents under the Workmen's Compensation Act.

The trial court refused to permit the workman's compensation carrier to intervene in the lawsuit, and the carrier appealed. We…