Twin City Fire Insurance Co. v. Jones

OPINION

O’CONNOR, Justice.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s order apportioning attorney fees for the recovery of the amount of a worker’s compensation lien. From the worker’s compensation lien due to the worker’s compensation insurance carrier, $224,325.93, the court awarded 28 percent ($62,811.26) to the plaintiffs’ attorney for the value of the benefit of his legal services to the carrier. In five points of error, appellant, Twin City Fire Insurance Company (Twin City), asserts that the trial court abused its discretion in making such an apportionment and that there is legally or…