California Government Code 20252 – If benefits are payable under this part because of an injury to or …
If benefits are payable under this part because of an injury to or the death of a member and the injury or death is the proximate consequence of the act of a person other than his or her employer (the state or the employing contracting agency), the board may on behalf of this system recover from that person an amount that is the lesser of the following:
(1) An amount that is equal to one-half of the actuarial equivalent of the benefits for which this system is liable because of such injury or death.
Terms Used In California Government Code 20252
- Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
(2) An amount that is equal to one-half of the remaining balance of the amount recovered after allowance of that amount that the employer or its insurance carrier have paid or become obligated to pay.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)