WORKERS' COMP MONEY DISPUTE TIES UP LEGISLATURE

LINCOLN - A dispute about proposed changes to workers’ compensation law tied up the Legislature Thursday and led to further disagreements about the direction senators are heading.

Thursday’s focus was “subrogation” – a legal doctrine that affects how the money received in settlements if a third party was at fault should be divided up between injured workers, their employers and insurance companies. Debate on the measure as of Thursday afternoon had consumed just over five hours, leaving just under three hours to go before a possible first-round vote on the bill.

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