Wilk v. Standard Fire Insurance Co.

BAKER, Justice.

In their sole point of error, Wilk & Flint assert that the trial court erred in awarding attorney’s fees in periodic payments rather than in a lump sum distribution in a workers’ compensation case. We agree and reverse that part of the trial court’s judgment providing for periodic payments of attorney’s fees and remand that issue to the trial court for determination of the amount to be paid to appellants in a lump sum. In all other respects, the trial court’s judgment is affirmed.

The Standard Fire Insurance Company had originally instituted this action in the district court to…