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Re: a Third-Party Settlement, Consent of Special Fund Required Before Carrier Entitled to Reimbursement from Special Fund

The First Department determined an employee must obtain the consent of the Special Fund (or judicial approval) before accepting a third-party settlement:

Workers’ Compensation Law § 29(5) permits an employee to settle a lawsuit arising out of the same accident as gave rise to his workers’ compensation claim for less than the amount of the compensation he has received only if the employee has obtained written consent to the settlement from the carrier or, in the alternative, judicial approval. We find that, just as the employee is required to obtain the carrier’s consent prior to settlement, the carrier is required to obtain the Special Funds Conservation Committee’s consent prior to the settlement where it is entitled to reimbursement by the Committee pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 15(8)(d) … . Ace Fire Underwriters Inc Co v Special Funds Conservation Comm, 2015 NY Slip Op 01574, 1st Dept 2-24-15

 

 

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