ST. JOSEPH HEALTHCARE SYS. v. TRAVELERS CO.

Nos. 15544, 15491.

893 P.2d 1007 (1995)

119 N.M. 603

ST. JOSEPH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, Appellant (Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant below), v. The TRAVELERS COMPANIES, Appellee (Defendant below), and The Ohio Casualty Group of Insurance Companies, Appellee (Defendant and Cross-Plaintiff below), and Gordon Hoover, David Pearlman, and Bob Hilton, (Defendants, Counter-Plaintiffs, and Cross-Defendants below). David PEARLMAN, (Third-Party Plaintiff below), v. D. James SORENSON, (Third-Party Defendant below). and ST. JOSEPH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, Petitioner-Appellant, v. OHIO CASUALTY GROUP OF INSURANCE COMPANIES, Respondent-Appellee, and The Travelers Companies, Gordon Hoover, David Pearlman, and Bob Hilton, Defendants-Appellees. David PEARLMAN, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. D. James SORENSON, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

February 24, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Barish, Albuquerque, for St. Joseph Healthcare System.

C. Kristine Osnes, Sager, Curran, Sturges & Tepper, P.C., Albuquerque, for The Travelers Companies.

William C. Madison, Richard C. Mertz, Madison, Harbour, Mroz & Puglisi, P.A., Albuquerque, for Ohio Cas. Group of Ins. Companies.

LeRoi Farlow, Suzanne Guest, The Farlow Law Firm, P.A., Albuquerque, for David Pearlman.

Bob Hilton, Law Offices of Bob Hilton, P.C., Albuquerque, for Bob Hilton.

John A. Bannerman, Beall, Biehler & Bannerman, P.A., Albuquerque, for D. James Sorenson.


OPINION

ALARID, Judge.

St. Joseph Healthcare System ("St. Joseph") appeals from an order dismissing claims against The Travelers Companies ("Travelers") and the Ohio Casualty Group of Insurance Companies ("Ohio Casualty"). The issue presented is whether the insurers of third-party tortfeasors are obligated to protect a self-insured employer's right to reimbursement of workers' compensation benefits paid...

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