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1585 REVIEW GRANTED If an employer pays workers' compensation benefits to an employee injured on the job and then participates actively in the employee's action against third parties responsible for the injury, in addition to the lien for workers' compensation benefits, the trial court may properly direct payment of the employer's attorney fees from the proceeds of the settlement of the third party action.CitationSUMMERS v NEWMAN (Employer's Fees) 53 CA4 1513 [See: LabC 3852-3860; CCP 1021; Kindt v Otis 32 CA4 452, T/AT 3/95]
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