State ex rel. Akers v. Hardy-Senkel

Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Company ("MEM"), brought claims against Vicki Clifton ("Clifton"), Shelter Mutual Insurance Company ("Shelter"), and Janet Akers ("Relator") to recover workers' compensation benefits in the amount of $4,107.79; this is the amount MEM paid to Clifton after she was injured in a motor vehicle accident with Relator that occurred while Clifton was acting in the course and scope of her employment. Shelter, Relator's insurer, negotiated a settlement with Clifton on Relator's behalf, where Clifton released Relator from liability in exchange for $8,672.16 that was…