Transportation Insurance Co. v. Leavines

I! GAUDIN, Judge.

The procedural facts in this appeal are generally not in dispute. The most significant facts are that Frederick J. Leavines filed a third party suit in federal court and obtained judgment in the amount of $43,-765.00; subsequently, Leavines and the defendants filed a satisfaction of judgment in the record indicating that Leavines had been paid $67,731.11, which included $9,730.22 in workers’ compensation medical expenses previously paid by intervenor Transportation Insurance Company.

Prior to trial, it was stipulated in federal court that the intervenor’s claim was valid. The…