Stark v. Posh Construction Co.

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

The injured person involved in this matter has been paid. The question is whether the workmen’s compensation insurance carrier for his employer is to bear a part of the payment or whether it is to be borne solely by the liability insurance carrier of a third party whose negligence, along with that of the employer, caused the injury.

Robert Stark, an employe of Posh Construction Company, suffered a compensable injury when the crane on which he was working struck an electric wire. ITe was so seriously burned that he became totally, and presumably permanently, disabled.…