Daniel B. O'Brien, the Chapter 13 Trustee, contested a decision favoring Mobile Public Library's claim over Aaron A. Mosley's recovered uninsured motorist judgment. Mosley, previously injured in an auto accident while working for the library, secured a workers' compensation claim with the library and won a separate tort action. The library reserved rights to reclaim any funds resulting from the tort action. At contention was whether the library could claim these funds. Past cases, especially Cahoon, were central to understanding if Mosley's judgment could be exempt from the library's claims. Cahoon emphasized that workers' compensation and personal uninsured motorist policies were separate. The library cited a 1992 amendment to argue its stance, but the court sided with the established precedent set by Cahoon, reversing the trial court's decision.
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