Weber v. Tucson Electric Power Co.

OPINION

DRUKE, J.

¶ 1 William Weber was seriously injured while employed by Tucson Electric Power Company (TEP) and began receiving workers’ compensation benefits. In a related third-party action, he reached a settlement with one of the defendants before proceeding to trial against the remaining defendant, who had named the other defendant and TEP as nonparties at fault. The jury awarded Wil*505liam $2 million in damages and found TEP twenty-five percent at fault. TEP asserted a lien against the settlement pursuant to A.R.S. § 23-1023(C). This appeal requires us to decide whether, as TEP contends,…