BUSCHER v. BULLDOG STEEL PRODUCTS

No. 11-84-193-CV.

682 S.W.2d 406 (1984)

Patrick V. BUSCHER, Appellant, v. BULLDOG STEEL PRODUCTS and Bobby G. Bryant, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam J. Chase and Dick R. Crownover, Law Offices of Sam J. Chase, Abilene, for appellant.

Ernest Reynolds III, McMahon, Smart, Surovik, Suttle, Buhrmann & Cobb, David G. Stubbeman and Thomas M. Wheeler, Wagstaff, Harrell, Alvis, Stubbeman, Seamster & Longacre, Abilene, for appellees.


RALEIGH BROWN, Justice.

This is a third party action. Buscher appeals the denial of an award of attorney's fees. We reverse and remand.

Buscher was injured while in the course of his employment and settled his worker's compensation claim with his employer's insurance carrier, Texas General Indemnity (TGI). Settlement was had for $49,000, with $35,000 being paid to Buscher in a lump sum. Buscher's attorney, Sam Chase, received as his statutory fee, twenty-five...

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