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Torts/Personal Injury

Aug. 28, 2026

Why workers' comp liens complicate personal injury settlements

Personal injury cases involving workers' compensation liens create complex settlement dynamics as injured workers, insurers and defendants compete over liability, reimbursement and limited settlement funds.

Lee M. Mendelson

Mediator
ADR Services, Inc.

personal injury, insurance bad faith, employment, commercial, product liability

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Why workers' comp liens complicate personal injury settlements
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I have spent much of my legal career looking at insurance-related disputes from different sides of the table. Before becoming a full-time mediator, I was a civil litigator for over 25 years, including more than two decades handling subrogation matters. Today, that experience is particularly valuable when mediating personal injury claims involving large workers' compensation liens because these cases present settlement dynamics unlike most other litigation.

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