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party and a workers’ compensation claim. In this situation, if you receive
workers’ compensation benefits, the employer and/or insurance company
paying your benefits may be entitled to seek reimbursement from your
third-party claim. A common example of this is where you are injured in
a motor vehicle accident while on company time. If you receive workers’
compensation benefits, the employer and/or the employer’s insurance
company may have a “subrogation claim” entitling it to reimbursement of
these benefits out of your third-party settlement or judgment. However,
generally workers’ compensation subrogation is limited by the “made
whole doctrine” discussed earlier in this chapter. If you want to learn more
about workers’ compensation claims, please refer to my other book, A
Claimant’s Guide to Understanding Georgia Workers’ Compensation
Claims.
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