How can an employer recover from a judgment against an employee?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Fabian, 228 Cal.App.2d 427, 39 Cal.Rptr. 570 (Cal. App. 1964):
Thus, it appears, as said in Tate v. Superior Court, supra, 213 Cal.App.2d 238, p. 245, 28 Cal.Rptr. 548, p. 551, there are 'three ways in which an employer who pays compensation may recover the amount so expended against a negligent third party: by an independent action, by joining in the employee's action, or by claiming a lien on the employee's judgment.'
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