Dasconio v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

CRAIG, Judge.

Claimant Peter Dasconio appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board that affirmed a decision of a referee establishing a credit due an employer’s insurer from the money the claimant and his wife recovered in settlement of a tort action, which they had instituted against a third party alleged to be partly responsible for the claimant’s injuries.

The issues are:(1) Whether any agreement by a compensation payer to compromise its accrued subrogation lien against money paid to the claimant by a defendant in the claimant’s third-party tort action is invalid under…