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In ordering payments under this section, the Commission shall take into account any apportionment made pursuant to \u00a7 65.2-311.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section, “entitlement” means compensation and expenses for medical, surgical and hospital attention and funeral expenses to which the claimant is entitled under the provisions of this title, which entitlements are related to the injury for which the third-party recovery was effected.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":241570,"text":"In any action or claim for damages by an employee, his personal representative or other person against any person other than the employer under \u00a7 65.2-310, or in any action brought, or claim asserted, by the employer under his right of subrogation provided for in \u00a7 65.2-309, if a recovery is effected, the employer shall pay to the employee a percentage of each further entitlement as it is submitted equal to the ratio the total attorney’s fees and costs bear to the total third-party recovery until such time as the accrued post-recovery entitlement equals that sum which is the difference between the gross recovery and the employer’s compensation lien. 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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 586<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86684,"section_number":"65.2-309","catch_line":"Lien against settlement proceeds or verdict in third party suit; subrogation of employer to employee's rights against third parties; evidence; recovery; compromise","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-309\/"},{"id":80584,"section_number":"65.2-310","catch_line":"Protection of employer when employee sues third party","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-310\/"},{"id":84625,"section_number":"65.2-311","catch_line":"Expenses and attorney's fees in action under \u00a7 65.2-309 or \u00a7 65.2-310","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-311\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276351,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66572,"identifier":"65.2-313","token":"65.2\/3\/65.2-313","url":"\/65.2-313\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/65.2-313\/","token":"65.2\/3\/65.2-313","dublin_core":{"Title":"Method of determining employer’s offset in event of recovery under \u00a7 65.2-309 or \u00a7 65.2-310","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 65.2-313","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any action or claim for damages<\/span> by an employee, his personal representative or other person against any person other than the employer<\/span> under \u00a7 65.2-310<\/a>, or in any action brought, or claim asserted, by the employer<\/span> under his right of subrogation provided for in \u00a7 65.2-309<\/a>, if a recovery is effected, the employer<\/span> shall pay to the employee a percentage of each further entitlement<\/span> as it is submitted equal to the ratio the total attorney’s fees and costs bear to the total third-party<\/span> recovery until such time as the accrued post-recovery entitlement<\/span> equals that sum which is the difference between the gross recovery and the employer<\/span>’s compensation lien<\/span>. In ordering payments under this section, the Commission<\/span> shall take into account any apportionment made pursuant to \u00a7 65.2-311<\/a>.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section, “entitlement<\/span>” means compensation and expenses for medical, surgical and hospital attention and funeral expenses to which the claimant is entitled under the provisions of this title, which entitlements<\/span> are related to the injury<\/span> for which the third-party<\/span> recovery was effected.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMETHOD OF DETERMINING EMPLOYER’S OFFSET IN EVENT OF RECOVERY UNDER \u00a7\n65.2-309 OR \u00a7 65.2-310 (\u00a7 65.2-313)\n\nIn any action or claim for damages by an employee, his personal representative\nor other person against any person other than the employer under \u00a7 65.2-310, or\nin any action brought, or claim asserted, by the employer under his right of\nsubrogation provided for in \u00a7 65.2-309, if a recovery is effected, the employer\nshall pay to the employee a percentage of each further entitlement as it is\nsubmitted equal to the ratio the total attorney’s fees and costs bear to\nthe total third-party recovery until such time as the accrued post-recovery\nentitlement equals that sum which is the difference between the gross recovery\nand the employer’s compensation lien. In ordering payments under this\nsection, the Commission shall take into account any apportionment made pursuant\nto \u00a7 65.2-311.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section, “entitlement” means compensation\nand expenses for medical, surgical and hospital attention and funeral expenses\nto which the claimant is entitled under the provisions of this title, which\nentitlements are related to the injury for which the third-party recovery was\neffected.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 586.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}