Brantley v. Starling

COZORT, Judge.

The question presented by the case below is whether the trial court erred in finding that defendant insurance company, the underin-sured motorist coverage carrier, was not entitled to reduce its coverage by the amount of workers’ compensation benefits which the same company paid to plaintiff. Defendant insurance company, as an unnamed defendant, appeals. We reverse.

On 5 October 1989, plaintiff Paul Brantley, an employee of S.K. Bowling, Inc., (S.K. Bowling) was injured while riding as a passenger in a truck titled individually in the name of Mr. Samuel King Bowling. Plaintiffs…