MICHIGAN MUT. INS. v. NIKULA

No. 4-86-0944.

509 So.2d 334 (1987)

MICHIGAN MUTUAL INSURANCE, Appellant, v. Karl NIKULA, As Guardian of Gustaf Thorarinsson, an Incompetent, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

On Motion for Rehearing July 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert P. Massey, III, of Pyszka, Kessler, Massey, Weldon, Catri, Holton & Douberley, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Larry Klein of Klein & Beranek, P.A., and Babbitt and Hazouri, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GLICKSTEIN, Judge.

The workers' compensation lienholder, Michigan Mutual Insurance, in a suit for a share of the injured worker's recovery in a settlement of a tort suit against the manufacture of his safety helmet, appeals the judgment.

Gustaf Thorarinsson, now the ward of Karl Nikula, was severely and permanently injured in the course and scope of his employment as a welder in construction when he was hit on the head by a piece of steel scaffolding when...

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