Employers Win One, Lose One on Subrogation Claims

Payers scored a win this week when a Washington court limited their obligation to pay for court costs in cases where a worker asserts a third-party liability claim, but took a hard loss in North Carolina as to their own ability to pursue such claims. On Tuesday, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a carrier did not have a right to bring a third-party action to recover the benefits it had paid to an injured emergency medical technician. The court said North Carolina law grants an express right of action only to the employer — the carrier must bring a third...