Legislators approve $52,403 workers'‑comp settlement in DG case
The committee voted to accept a proposed $52,403.10 lump‑sum settlement to extinguish county future indemnity and medical obligations in a long‑running workers'‑comp matter that originated with a July 2018 pedestrian strike; staff said accepting the lump sum reduces long‑term exposure compared with reserves.
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Litigation counsel and the county's accounting attorney presented background on a workers'‑compensation matter involving a county DSS supervisor injured in July 2018 and a recovered third‑party settlement. Counsel explained statutes and how offsets operate in workers' compensation, noting the county recovered proceeds from a third‑party settlement and that ongoing obligations remain under the workers'‑comp system.
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