Erivas v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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• granting attorney's fees where employee's attorney obtained UIM benefits, then fought against subrogation lien
• granting attorney’s fees where employee’s attorney obtained UIM benefits, then fought against subrogation lien
• granting attorney's fees where employee's attorney obtained UIM benefits, then fought against subrogation lien
• “An attorney ‘actively represents’ a carrier when he or she ‘takes steps, adequate when measured by the difficulty of the case, toward prosecuting the claim.’”
• “We find that the plain meaning of Section 417.001 creates a right of subrogation against a third party who is or becomes liable to pay damages, including an employer's UIM insurance carrier found liable to pay damages.”
• “We find that the plain meaning of Section 417.001 creates a right of subrogation against a third party who is or becomes liable to pay damages, including an employer’s UIM insurance carrier found liable to pay damages.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).