Dockendorf v. Lakie

Nelson, Justice.

This appeal involves a subrogation claim by a workmen’s compensation carrier, as intervenor, pursuant to M. S. A. 1949, § 176.06, subd. 2, for reimbursement of benefits and medical expenses paid an injured employee, who had accepted such benefits prior to commencement of this action against a third-party tortfeasor. Plaintiff, the injured employee, counter-claimed for an accounting of the sums held by intervenor, pursuant to court order, and for apportionment of attorney’s fees and costs. The principal issue is the procedural question of whether, as plaintiff-employee…