State Ex Rel. Transit Casualty Co. v. Holt

TOWNSEND, Commissioner.

Relator, insurance carrier of an employer, Associated Transports, Inc., has paid the injured employee Silvey substantial sums as permanent partial disability and disfigurement benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Act as well as medical payments under the act.

The injured employee brought his action against the alleged tort-feasor, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, on March 31, 1964. That case was successively set for trial on September 28, 1964 and February 1, 1965; it was eventually tried on March 8, 1965, resulting in a verdict and judgment for the employee. In…