TROTT v. BRINKS, INC.

1050895.

972 So.2d 81 (2007)

Joyce P. TROTT, as the dependent widow of Ronald D. Trott, deceased, and as personal representative of the estate of Ronald D. Trott, deceased v. BRINKS, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 4, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Smith and Nicole Judge of Smith & Alspaugh, P.C., Birmingham, for plaintiff.

Adrian D. Johnson of Parnell & Crum, P.A., Montgomery, for defendants.


SMITH, Justice.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama has certified the following question pursuant to Rule 18, Ala. R.App. P.: "Whether an employer's insurance carrier is entitled to be reimbursed for medical expenses from amounts recovered from a third party in a wrongful death action filed by the employee decedent's personal representative?" This Court accepted the question; we now answer it in the negative.

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