If the action is prosecuted by the employer alone, evidence of any amount which the employer has paid or become obligated to pay by reason of the injury or death of the employee is admissible, and such expenditures or liability shall be considered as proximately resulting from such injury or death in addition to any other items of damage proximately resulting therefrom.
Cal. Lab. Code § 3854
Subrogation of Employer
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 87 Cal. App. 3d 938 - Ventura County Employees' Retirement Ass'n v. Pope (1978)
Most recently applied in Charter Oak Fire Insurance v. Sodexho Marriott (March 2007)
Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1255.
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