Idaho workers\u2019 compensation cases<\/a> that occur at work and are the result of negligence by a third party can be very complicated. Cases where a third party is responsible for the injury suffered by the worker are generally severe. When medical bill payments are coupled with the large disability payments workers get from these types of injuries because of their extended (sometimes permanent) time away from work, the subrogated claim can often be hundreds of thousands of dollars. Injured workers need as much of the settlement money they can get because they can more often than not no longer find work that pays even half of what they were making before their accident. They need this settlement money to support their families. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Before joint and several <\/span><\/span>liability<\/span><\/span><\/span> was abolished in 1987, the injured employee could collect 100% of the tort damages from the negligent third party, but was subject to deduction for his or her own negligence. A credit was also given to the third party for any workers compensation benefits paid by the employer\u2019s insurance company. For example, if a claimant was awarded $1,000,000 in the third party case, and the third party was found to be 60% negligent, the employer 30% negligent and injured worker was found to be 10% negligent (a deduction of $50,000), the injured worker would receive $900,000 from the third party, with a deduction for workers compensation benefits paid . <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nContinue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Fred Lewis and Gorge Casper Determining the payout of a Idaho workers\u2019 compensation cases that occur at work and are the result of negligence by a third party can be very complicated. Cases where a third party is responsible for the injury suffered by the worker are generally severe. When medical bill payments are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-workers-comp"],"yoast_head":"\n
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