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HUBBARD v. LIVINGSTON FIRE PRO.

[No. 51, September Term, 1980.]

289 Md. 581 (1981)

426 A.2d 901

DOROTHY HUBBARD v. LIVINGSTON FIRE PROTECTION, INC. ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Quinn, with whom were Rowan, Abell, Quirk & Quinn on the brief, for appellant.

David P. Durbin, with whom were L. Palmer Foret and Carr, Jordan, Coyne & Savits on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.

SMITH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

We shall here hold that under the Workmen's Compensation Act (the Act) an employer and its insurance company are not obligated to reimburse an employee for attorney's fees paid on that portion of an award under the Act which they were relieved from paying the employee by virtue of his recovery from a third party of a sum in excess of the award. Accordingly, we shall affirm the decision of the Court of Special Appeals...

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