Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. v. Albertsons Grocery Stores

OPINION

DAUPHINOT, Justice.

This is an appeal of a summary judgment granted in favor of Appellee Albertsons Grocery Stores (“Albertsons”), who defended a suit brought by Appellant Hartford Casualty Insurance Company (“Hartford”) as subro-gee of Shirley T. Mills (“Mills”).

In one point of error, Hartford alleges that “the trial court erred in ruling that the workers[’] compensation carrier could not pursue an employee’s third party cause of action on its own and in the employee’s name.”

Disposition

We hold that (1) subrogation applies to the right to seek recovery, not to actual recoveries only,…