TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY v. LEEDY

No. 43194.

450 P.2d 898 (1969)

The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff in Error, v. Willard LEEDY and Gilmore, Gardner & Kirk, Inc., a corporation, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

February 25, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliott C. Fenton, Fenton, Fenton, Smith, Reneau & Moon, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error.

Lampkin & Wolfe, by Ed Abel, Oklahoma City, for Willard Leedy.

Watts, Looney, Nichols & Johnson, by Robert Looney, Oklahoma City, for Gilmore, Gardner & Kirk, Inc., a corporation, defendants in error.


McINERNEY, Justice.

The question presented in this appeal is whether the insurance carrier, having made compensation payments to an injured employee, may intervene after the expiration of two years to recover its payments in the employee's action for personal injuries against a negligent third party, where the employee filed the action in his name alone within less than two years following the date of his injury.

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