Buck v. Schneider

OPINION

SEDGWICK, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment for appellants in their negligence action against respondent Robert Schneider. Appellant Rodney Buck settled his claim for workers’ compensation benefits with his employer and the employer’s insurer. As part of the settlement, the employer and insurer assigned Buck their subrogation rights to the benefits. Applying the recently-enacted “collateral source” statute, the trial court reduced Buck’s damage award against respondent to reflect the amount of workers’ compensation benefits he had received. Buck contends his assertion of the…