Home Insurance Co. v. Carmar Group, Inc.

SHRUM, Judge.

Home Insurance Company (Home) appeals from the trial court’s order that sustained an intervenor’s Motion to Enforce Settlement. The appeal must be dismissed as premature for lack of a final or definite judgment.

In the underlying action, Home sued Car-mar Group, Inc. (Carmar), an alleged third-party tortfeasor, to recover what Home had paid out in workers’ compensation benefits to a claimant, Jerry Abies (Abies). See § 287.150, RSMo 1994.1 Background facts of the underlying litigation follow.

Abies, an employee of Mid America Dairymen, Inc. (Mid America), was injured in an…