Workers’ Compensation • Employer’s Right to Subrogate • Relation of Tort Recovery to Work Injuries
Serrano v. Workers’ Comp. Appeal Bd. (Ametek, Inc.), PICS Case No. 17-0271 (Pa. Commw. Feb. 13, 2017) Leavitt, J. (16 pages).
Where employee suffered multiple work injuries, employer/insurer was entitled to subrogation against a tort recovery fund, where the tortfeasor was responsible for only some of the injuries, only for compensation paid for those specific injuries caused in whole or part by the tortfeasor. Order of the WCAB reversed, case remanded.
