Claim of Ryan v. General Electric Co.

The issue is whether, to the extent of compensation awarded, a workmen’s compensation insurance carrier has a lien on payments made to dependents by the United States Government for death caused by “ noncombat ” activities, that is, certain military exercises, by United States armed forces.

Claimant, Mary Ryan, as a surviving widow, appeals from a determination that respondent carrier Electric Mutual Liability *9Insurance Company has a lien, pursuant to section 29 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law, on the proceeds of a settlement received under the Military Claims Act (U. S. Code, tit. 10, §…