Van Hook v. Harris Corp.

Plaintiff was injured in an industrial accident involving a Sheridan press and sued, among others, defendant Harris Corporation (defendant), successor to the press manufacturer. Defendant brought in as third-party defendant plaintiff’s employer claiming that, to the extent the employer’s negligence contributed to the accident, it should not be allowed reimbursement out of plaintiff’s potential recovery from defendant for workers’ compensation benefits it had paid to plaintiff. Defendant proposed that any statutory lien against recovery granted the employer be reduced by an amount…