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Title: Twin City Fire Insurance Co. v. Cathy Mines Meave
Author : First District, Houston Court of Appeals of Texas
Release Date : January 07, 1988
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 65 KB

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The appellee, Cathy Mines Meave, brought this wrongful death action on behalf of herself and her children following her husbands death in 1982. Twin City Fire Insurance Co. ("Twin City") joined, as intervenor, to recover past and future payments to the appellees under the Workers Compensation Act. At trial, a settlement was reached, and judgment was entered for the appellees and Twin City in the amount of $1,200,000. In accordance with Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 8307, sec. 6a (Vernon Supp. 1987), the trial court held an evidentiary hearing and made an award of attorneys fees. The court found that Twin Citys subrogation interest was in the total amount of $169,511.54, and that reasonable attorneys fees would be 25 % of that amount. The court divided the 25 % attorneys fee award, allocating $7,201.80 to Twin Citys attorney and $35,176.09 to the appellees, attorney.