Sellers v. Lucas

By Judge Clifford R. Weckstein

Becky S. Sellers, an employee who received workers’ compensation benefits and later collected a judgment against a third party for negligently inflicting injury upon her, contends that the workers’ compensation carrier lost its right to reimbursement because it failed to file a motion or petition before her verdict against the tortfeasor.

When Sellers was injured at work, she sought and received disability and medical benefits, which were provided by her employer’s insurance carrier, Cincinnati Insurance Co., and approved by the Virginia Workers’ Compensation…