Calalpa v. Dae Ryung Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

CONLEY, P.J.A.D.

This appeal arises in the context of a workers’ compensation benefitted employee’s settled intentional wrong tort litigation against defendants, one of whom is unquestionably his employer and the other an apparent, but not dispositively determined, joint employer.2 The workers’ compensation carrier successfully obtained an order from the trial judge according it the benefit of the workers’ compensation lien pursuant to N.J.S.A. 34:15-40 and, thus, directing that “plaintiff shall reimburse [the workers’ compensation carrier] its…