HOME INS. CO. v. SOUTHERN CAL. RAPID TRANSIT DIST

Docket No. B024656.

196 Cal.App.3d 522 (1987)

241 Cal. Rptr. 858

HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT, Defendant and Respondent; BART LEE MATTHEWS, Intervener and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

November 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Lewis, Marenstein & Kadar and Jean Corey for Intervener and Appellant.

Liebman & Reiner, John W. Evans and Gaylen C. Eriksen for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

JOHNSON, J.

(1) The law is clearly established that when an employer or its insurer files a timely action against a tortfeasor to recover workers' compensation paid to an injured employee, the employee may intervene to recover damages for personal injury even if the complaint in intervention is not filed within the statute of limitations. (Jordan v. Superior...

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