INSURANCE COMPANY OF TEXAS v. RAINEY


86 So.2d 447 (1956)

The INSURANCE COMPANY OF TEXAS, Appellant, v. John Lee RAINEY and Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Smith and Wicker & Smith, Miami, for appellant.

George Kastenbaum, Miami Beach, for John Lee Rainey.

Dixon, DeJarnette, Bradford & Williams, Miami, for Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company.


HOBSON, Justice.

Appellee, Rainey, was injured in the course of his employment and was awarded workmen's compensation payments. He sued the Schlitz Brewing Company as a third party tort feasor and settled the case for $7,500. Appellant, Insurance Company of Texas, is the compensation carrier for Rainey's employer. As such compensation carrier, appellant was brought into the case for the purpose of determining its "pro rata share" of the recovery pursuant to F.S. ...

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