Turner v. Metro Area Transit

• White, J.

At issue in this appeal from the judgment of the Workmen’s Compensation Court is the question of whether an employer’s insurer is entitled to treat as advances against possible future compensation payments amounts received in settlement by an employee from a third-party tort-feasor in excess of compensation benefits paid by the employer. The court concluded that the employer’s insurer was entitled to such credit, and the employee appeals. We affirm.

Linda Turner, appellant, was injured when the Metro Area Transit bus she was operating was struck by the third party’s automobile.…