Kochan v. Arcade Electric Co.

Plaintiff, Charles Kochan, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County denying his motion to adjudicate a workers’ compensation lien held by his employer and the Arcade Electric Company, defendant. A jury awarded plaintiff damages in a personal injury action. Plaintiff contends that (1) Arcade’s workers’ compensation lien should be reduced proportionally by the reduction of the judgment due to his comparative negligence, (2) Arcade’s lien should be reduced proportionally by the degree of its negligence, and (3) the lien may not attach to that portion of the judgment for which he…