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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66572</law_id><section_number>65.2-313</section_number><catch_line>Method of determining employer&amp;#8217;s offset in event of recovery under &#xA7; 65.2-309 or &#xA7; 65.2-310</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="65.2">Workers' Compensation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Application and Effect of Title</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In any action or claim for <span class="dictionary">damages</span> by an employee, his personal representative or other person against any person other than the <span class="dictionary">employer</span> under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Protection of employer when employee sues third party" href="/65.2-310/">65.2-310</a>, or in any action brought, or claim asserted, by the <span class="dictionary">employer</span> under his right of subrogation provided for in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Lien against settlement proceeds or verdict in third party suit; subrogation of employer to employee's rights against third parties; evidence; recovery; compromise" href="/65.2-309/">65.2-309</a>, if a recovery is effected, the <span class="dictionary">employer</span> shall pay to the employee a percentage of each further <span class="dictionary">entitlement</span> as it is submitted equal to the ratio the total attorney&#x2019;s fees and costs bear to the total third-<span class="dictionary">party</span> recovery until such time as the accrued post-recovery <span class="dictionary">entitlement</span> equals that sum which is the difference between the gross recovery and the <span class="dictionary">employer</span>&#x2019;s compensation <span class="dictionary">lien</span>. In ordering payments under this section, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall take into account any apportionment made pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Expenses and attorney's fees in action under &#xA7; 65.2-309 or &#xA7; 65.2-310" href="/65.2-311/">65.2-311</a>.
		For the purposes of this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">entitlement</span>&#x201D; 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 <span class="dictionary">entitlements</span> are related to the <span class="dictionary">injury</span> for which the third-<span class="dictionary">party</span> recovery was effected.</p></section></text><history>1994, c. 586.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
