Jackson Ex Rel. Warren v. Browning

Marquardt, J.;

Shane C. Browning’s insurer, Shelter Insurance Company (Shelter), paid Machelle Lynn Jackson personal injury protection (PIP) medical benefits and, later, a negligence judgment. PIP benefits were reimbursed to Shelter from the judgment it paid Jackson. The district court granted Jackson a portion of her attorney fees from the PIP benefits reimbursed to Shelter. Shelter appealed this ruling. We affirm.

The facts relevant to this appeal are not disputed. On May 17, 1991, Machelle Lynn Jackson was a passenger on a motorcycle driven by Brad O. Heiberg when it collided with a car…