Green v. Warwick Plumbing & Heating Corp.

Opinion

BARROW, J.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Industrial Commission which terminated an employee’s compensation benefits because the employee, without the employer’s prior knowledge or consent, released a third-party tort-feasor from liability for injuries arising out of an automobile accident which exacerbated the employee’s work-related disability. Since the release of the third party impaired the employer’s right to subrogation, we conclude that the commission correctly terminated the employee’s compensation benefits.

The employee injured his back in a work-related accident on…