Brown ex rel. Brown v. Young Women's Christian Ass'n

HAYES, Judge:

This is a workers’ compensation case in which a settlement was reached between the deceased’s husband (as Administrator of decedent’s estate) and the third-party tortfeasor in a wrongful death action; the issue before us is what amount of credit the employer’s workers’ compensation carrier is entitled in light of an agreement executed between the husband and the carrier.

On August 7,1981, Nancy Brown died as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident involving a third-party tort-feasor while in the scope of her employment with YWCA (appellee). She and her husband,…