MFA Insurance Co. v. Carroll

GUDGEL, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the Jefferson Circuit Court. The court awarded the attorneys for the plaintiff in a tort action a fee for recovering reimbursement of BRB on behalf of a reparations obligor. Appellant, the insurer, contends that the court erred by finding that appellees are entitled to an award of an attorneys’ fee and by awarding an excessive fee. We agree with appellant’s first contention. Hence, we reverse the court’s judgment without addressing appellant’s remaining contention.

On March 12, 1979, Anthony Bowman was killed as a result of a head-on…