69Settlement by third party

69 Settlement by third party Where a claim by a worker independent of this Act for damages in respect of the injury of the worker against a person for whose acts or defaults the employer of the worker is not responsible has been settled or compromised without regard to the fact that payments of compensation had been made by the employer under this Act, then the person by whom payment was made upon the settlement or compromise of the claim shall, if he is subsequently required under the provisions of this Act to indemnify the employer for the payments so made, be entitled to recover from the worker in any court of competent jurisdiction as a civil debt recoverable summarily an amount equivalent to the amount of payments so made. S. 70 inserted by No. 9683 s. 5.