CATLETT v. INDEMNITY INS. CO. OF NORTH AMERICA


914 S.W.2d 76 (1995)

Audrey CATLETT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 28, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey D. Boehm, O'Neal, Walker & Boehm, Chattanooga, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

David T. Hooper, Hooper & Hooper, Brentwood, for Defendants-Appellants.


OPINION

WHITE, Justice.

The issue in this workers' compensation appeal is whether an employer is entitled to recover funds paid to an employee and employee's attorney in satisfaction of a judgment when that judgment is reversed on appeal. We hold that the employer is entitled to recover.

Plaintiff, the surviving spouse of William Catlett, sought workers' compensation benefits from defendant as a result of her husband's death from work-related...

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