Lidberg

This is an appeal from an order deny-in the motion of the Zurich General Accident & Liability Insurance Company to set aside a satisfaction of judgment and consent thereto, and for a lien upon that judgment in favor of the insurance company.

The plaintiff Lidberg was injured while in the course of his employment as an interior decorator. In due course the Industrial Accident Commission awarded him compensation amounting to $3,145.33, of which sum $2,291.30 was found to have been paid. Thereafter the plaintiff commenced this action against the defendants Leiter & Son and Western Asbestos Magnesia Company in tort for damages resulting from said injuries. Notice of this action was given to the employer and to his insurance carrier, the Zurich Company. The case consumed four days of trial during which the attorney for the Zurich Company was continually present. At the end of the fourth day the matter was compromised and by written stipulation $10,000 was paid in full satisfaction of all claims arising out of the accident. Counsel for the Zurich Company sat in on all the negotiations leading to this settlement which were had in open court or in the judge’s chambers. By the terms of…