UNITED STATES CASUALTY CO. v. HUME

No. 714.

112 So.2d 49 (1959)

UNITED STATES CASUALTY CO., Appellant, v. Richard HUME, a minor, by his next friend and father, Eliher Hume, and Eliher Hume and Jean Marie Sparling, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

May 15, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fleming, O'Bryan & Fleming, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

McCune, Hiaasen, Kelley & Crum, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee, Jean Marie Sparling.

Davis, Kirsch & Gorman, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees, Richard Hume, a minor, by his next friend and father, Eliher Hume, and Eliher Hume.


KANNER, Chief Judge.

The appellant, United States Casualty Company, as compensation carrier, brings to this court the question of whether, after suit has been filed by the employee, such carrier, having filed notice of payment of compensation benefits, is entitled to share in the settlement effected between the employee and the third party tortfeasor and approved by the court prior to trial.

The employee, a minor, through his father on May 6, 1957, filed suit...

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