Butler v. Lee

Townsend, Judge.

1. There is no provision of law under which payments to an employee under a company-owned health and accident insurance policy, whether for the payment of medical bills or otherwise, may be deducted from payments required under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The hearing director did not err in failing to deduct from the amount of an award made to an employee sums received by such employee under a policy of accident insurance maintained by the employer.

2. The provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act are inapplicable to employers having fewer than ten persons regularly…