Eldridge v. Truck Insurance Exchange

Plaintiff, a taxicab driver acting in the course of his employment, was injured when the cab collided with a car negligently driven. He brought this action against Regan, the negligent driver. Plaintiff received workmen’s compensation benefits from Truck Insurance Exchange, his employer’s compensation carrier, which filed its complaint in intervention, alleging Regan’s negligence and plaintiff’s injuries and asserting its lien for compensation benefits paid and to be paid. By the time this action came to trial, more than $16,000 had been paid in workmen’s compensation. Regan’s liability…