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How to Pursue Statutory Right to Reimbursement of Workers' Compensation Benefits
By Michael Fish, Attorney, and Kenneth Murray, Law Clerk, Fish-Nelson, LLC, Birmingham, AL
In cases where a worker is injured by a third party’s wrongdoing the workers’ compensation insurance carrier is entitled to recover the benefits it pays out to the worker from the responsible third party. For example, if a delivery worker injures himself during the course of a delivery on a third party’s property because of the third party’s negligence, the worker will have a workers’ compensation claim and a claim against the third party pursuant to Alabama Code § 25-5-11. The workers’ compensation carrier has a statutory right to reimbursement of all indemnity and medical benefits paid to the worker in the event of a recovery against a third party. Continue >>
Joshua G. Holden, also a member of the insurance defense firm FISH NELSON, LLC, has received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. An AV rating is the highest rating an attorney can receive and is based on an extensive and confidential peer review by members of the Bar and Judiciary.
Holden currently serves on the American Bar Association Workers' Compensation and Employers’ Liability Committee. He is also a member in good standing with The Alabama Bar Association, The Birmingham Bar Association, The Montgomery Claims Association, The Alabama Workers' Compensation Organization, The West Alabama Workers' Compensation Organization, The Mobile Claims Association, The Defense Research Institute, The Alabama Workers' Compensation Defense Lawyers Association, and The Alabama Defense Lawyers' Association.