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DIVISION 4. WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE 3200-6002›PART 1. SCOPE AND OPERATION 3200-4418›CHAPTER 4. Compensation Insurance and Security 3700-3823›ARTICLE 1. Insurance and Security 3700-3709.5

§ 3709.5

California Labor Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

After the payment of attorney’s fees fixed by the court, the employer shall be relieved from the obligation to pay further compensation to or on behalf of the employee under this division up to the entire amount of the balance of the judgment, if satisfied, or such portion as has been satisfied.

After the satisfaction by the employer of the attorney’s fees fixed by the court, the Uninsured Employers Fund shall be relieved from the obligation to pay further compensation to or on behalf of the employee pursuant to Section 3716, up to the entire amount of the balance of the judgment, if satisfied, or such portion as has been satisfied.

The appeals board shall allow as a credit to the employer and to the Uninsured Employers Fund, to be applied against the liability for compensation, the amount recovered by the employee in such action, either by settlement or after the judgment, as has not been applied to the expense of attorney’s fees and costs.

(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1091.)

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