Stanfield ex rel. Smith v. Insurance Co. of North America

FORET, Judge.

Randolph H. Stanfield, Jr. (Plaintiff) brought this workmen’s compensation action through his duly appointed curatrix1, Essia L. Smith, against Insurance Company of North America, the workmen’s compensation insurer of plaintiff’s former employer, Stanfield Janitorial Service (Stanfield).

The United States of America intervened in this action seeking to recover the sum of $146,914.30, which it allegedly furnished to plaintiff as medical care through the Veterans Administration.

Trial of the main demand and intervention resulted in judgments dismissing both plaintiff’s action against…