Anderson v. Quality Furnace Co.

MAUGHMER, Commissioner.

This is an action for apportionment under Section 287.150(3), V.A.M.S. When an employee, holding an award of compensation for an injury, effects a recovery of *829damages therefor against a third-party tort-feasor, how shall the proceeds be divided between the employee and the employer? That is the sole question presented by this appeal.

The principals in this litigation are Ar-vin M. Anderson, employee, Quality Furnace Company, employer, and Newark Insurance Company, employer’s insurer. We shall state the facts chronologically. On July 7, 1965, the employee was injured in…