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NORTHWESTERN NAT. INS. CO. v. AM. STATES INS. CO.

No. 79-63.

585 S.W.2d 925 (1979)

NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL INSUANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, Division 1.

September 10, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laser, Sharp, Haley, Young & Huckabay, P. A., Little Rock, for appellant.

Lowe & Hamlin, Little Rock, for appellee.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

Under our 1973 No-Fault Insurance Act an insurance company which makes a nofault payment to its own insured is entitled to a lien upon, and a right of reimbursement from, any tort recovery obtained by its insured, less the insurance company's proportionate part of the costs of collection. Ark.Stat.Ann. § 66-4019 (Supp.1977). In this dispute between two insurance companies Northwestern, which had a lien under the statute, contends in...

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