Whirley Industries, Inc. v. Segel

In this case of first impression, appellant Whirley Industries, Inc. seeks to recover the increased costs of Workers’ Compensation insurance premiums resulting from benefits paid by Whirley’s insurer to Whirley’s employee, to compensate the employee for injuries sustained due to negligence of the third party tortfeasor. The lower court sustained a demurrer by appellee Leatrice G. Segal, the party whose negligence caused the injuries, and we affirm.

The facts, agreed to by the parties, concern a motor vehicle accident in which William W. Stockdill, Whirley’s employee, was injured. Stockdill, in…