Turner v. Metro Area Transit

In view of Meehan v. Philadelphia, 184 Pa. Super. 659, 136 A.2d 178 (1957), and Hladek v. John A. Dalsin & Son, 310 Minn. 178, 245 N.W.2d 593 (1976), the better rule appears to be that, when Metro settled its claim against the tort-feasor and gave up its right of future subrogation, Metro correspondingly gave up its right to any credit equal to Turner’s share of the settlement. Otherwise, the compromise intended and entered in view of the respective claims of the employer and employee *197would be frustrated. The settlement operated not only as a compromise of claims against the third-party…