It is the Workers’ Compensation Act and not the auto insurance statute that governs claims against third-party tortfeasors by workers who are injured in on-the-job motor vehicle accidents, an appeals court has said in a published ruling.
Judges Ellen Koblitz, John Kennedy and Robert Gilson in Lambert v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of America had the task of clearing up conflicts between the workers’ compensation law and the Automobile Insurance Cost Reduction Act, each of which deals with how medical liens are to be satisfied.
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