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BRUNET v. LIBERTY MUT. INS. GROUP

No. 95-443.

682 A.2d 487 (1996)

Chad BRUNET v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE GROUP.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

July 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Z. Carlson and Eric M. Knudsen of Langrock Sperry & Wool, Burlington, for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert P. Gerety, Jr. of Plante, Hanley & Gerety, P.C., White River Junction, for defendant-appellant.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ.

MORSE, Justice.

This interlocutory appeal arises from an opinion and order issued by the Addison Superior Court interpreting § 624(e) of the Vermont Workers' Compensation Statute, 21 V.S.A. ch. 9. The court held that where an injured employee recovers from a third-party tortfeasor, the workers' compensation carrier is entitled to recoup a sum that bears the same proportion to the total award that the employee's economic losses bear to his total damages. Thus...

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