Chapman v. Hoage

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• employee who elects to proceed against third person must prosecute claim in a manner and to an extent which will avoid prejudice to insurer’s right of subrogation
• injured employee’s election to pursue his remedy against third party did not deprive him of right to compensation from employer under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act where third party action was dismissed because the employee was contributorily negligent
• condition precedent was not met

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).