Southern Medical Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

We granted both parties’ separate applications for interlocutory appeal to review the trial court’s order denying both parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment seeking to enforce a settlement agreement in an action to collect premiums for workers’ compensation insurance. As the appeals arise from the same action below, the parties’ appeals are consolidated for disposition. Both parties contend the case was settled by Southern Medical’s agreement to consent to judgment, that the attorneys had authority to enter into the settlement agreement, and that the settlement…