Wishon v. Cossman

The opinion of the court was- delivered by

Six, J.:

This is a workers compensation statutory construction case. We review two consolidated cases.with separate but related issues. The first case, an appeal from the district court, involves the extent of an employers subrogation hen under K.S.A. 44-504(b). The second concerns a K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 44-501(h) social security offset imposed by the Workers Compensation Board (Board).

Helena Chemical Company is tire employer. Reliance Insurance Company is the workers compensation carrier (collectively “Helena”). Helena is the appellant on the K.S.A.…