Workers' Compensation Insurance Carrier as Third Party Tortfeasor

Authors

Barbara P. Blumenfeld, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1979

Abstract

At the time workers' compensation was conceived, the theory of liability without fault was a new concept. The original acts were, therefore, drafted cautiously. The statutes had either a limited application or were noncompulsory in nature.20 Although a common law action against an employer was eliminated, the statutes generally preserved some form of action against a third party tortfeasor under the common law.

This case note asks the legislature to revise the Michigan Workers' Compensation Act so to explicitly define the insurer's relationship to the employer insofar as immunity is concerned.

Publication Title

Wayne Law Review

Volume

25

Issue

4

First Page

1165

Last Page

1179

Recommended Citation

Barbara P. Blumenfeld, Workers' Compensation Insurance Carrier as Third Party Tortfeasor, 25 Wayne Law Review 1165 (1979).
Available at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/614

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