Carty Ex Rel. Carty v. State Office of Risk Management

Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellant State Office of Risk Management (SORM) appeals the district court’s judgment approving the settlement between Christy Carty, individually and as next friend to her minor children, and a private party alleged to be responsible for her husband’s death. Specifically, it challenges the district court’s deduction of attorneys’ fees and expenses from its subrogation interest as well as the court’s conclusion regarding the extent to which SORM could suspend future payments to the Carty children.

In our prior opinion, 1 we held that the district court did not commit…