Yeager v. Alvarez

Opinion

BEACH, J.

This case presents the issue of how proceeds of a negligence action are to be distributed between the employer, which intervened for the purpose of recovering workers’ compensation payments, and the employee’s attorney. We hold that the “reasonable and necessary” expenditures recoverable under General Statutes § 31-293 (a) are different from the enumerated fees and costs recoverable from an opposing party in a civil action. The plaintiff-employee, Donna Yeager, appeals from the trial court’s judgment granting the motion of the intervening plaintiff-employer, Priority Care,…