Sen. Deanna Demuzio

Filed: 4/13/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5458

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5458 on page 4, by
3 replacing lines 8 through 22 with the following:
 
4     "(h) In those cases where the injury to a State employee
5 for which a benefit is payable under this Act was caused under
6 circumstances creating a legal liability for damages on the
7 part of some person other than the State employer, all of the
8 rights and privileges, including the right to notice of suit
9 brought against such other person and the right to commence or
10 join in such suit, as given the employer, together with the
11 conditions or obligations imposed under paragraph (b) of
12 Section 5 of the Workers' Compensation Act, are also given and
13 granted to the State, to the end that, with respect to State
14 employees only, the State may be paid or reimbursed for the
15 amount of benefit paid or to be paid by the State to the
16 injured employee or his or her personal representative out of
17 any judgment, settlement, or payment for such injury obtained

 

 

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1 by such injured employee or his or her personal representative
2 from such other person by virtue of the injury.".