The Workers' Compensation Act allows an attorney who represented an injured worker in a third-party tort action to collect "reasonable and necessary" expenditures from the award of damages, in addition to his fee, even though those costs would not be recoverable under Section 18-5 of the Practice Book used in other civil actions, the Connecticut Court of Appeals ruled.Case: Yeager v. Alvarez, et al., AC 32702, 03/06/2012.Facts and Procedural History: Donna Yeager was injured when Maria Alvarez rear-ended her automobile while she was driving in the course of her employment for Priority Care...
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