Czaplicki v. Hoegh Silver-Cloud’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
June 1956
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 901 · 33 U.S.C. § 919 · 33 U.S.C. § 933
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““Compensation for injuries where third persons are liable. “(a) If on account of a disability or death for which compensation is payable under this chapter the person entitled to such compensation determines that some person other than the employer is liable in damages, he may elect, * * * to receive such compensation or to recover damages against such third person. “(b) Acceptance of such compensation under an award in a compensation order filed by the deputy commissioner shall operate as an assignment to the employer of all right of the person entitled to compensation to recover damages against such third person. ***** “(d) Such employer on account of such assignment may either institute proceedings for the recovery of such damages or may compromise with such third person either without or after instituting such proceeding. “(e) Any amount recovered by such employer on account of such assignment, whether or not as the result of a compromise, shall be distributed as follows: “(1) The employer shall retain an amount equal to— “(A) the expenses incurred by him in respect to such proceedings or compromise * * *; “(B) the cost of all benefits actually furnished by him to the employee under section 907; “(C) all amounts paid as compensation ; “(D) * * * “(2) The employer shall pay any excess to the person entitled to compensation or to the representative. ***** “(i) Where the employer is insured and the insurance carrier has assumed the payment of the compensation, the insurance ”
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