COOPER TIRE & RUBBER v. NORTHWEST. NAT. CAS. CO.

No. 80-36.

595 S.W.2d 938 (1980)

COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO. v. NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY et al.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown, Compton & Prewett, by Wm. I. Prewett, El Dorado, for appellant.

Shackleford, Shackleford & Phillips, P. A., El Dorado, for appellees.


HICKMAN, Justice.

Jerry Ralph Dumas, an employee of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, the appellant, was injured in an automobile accident. So were his wife and son. They sued one James L. Shutes and obtained a default judgment totaling $165,000.00. Shutes was uninsured.

Cooper had advanced the Dumases over $12,000.00 in medical payments as provided for in Cooper's major medical plan for its employees. The Cooper benefit plan was for certain employees in addition...

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