CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXPENSES AND ATTORNEY’S FEES IN ACTION UNDER § 65.2-309 OR § 65.2-310
(§ 65.2-311)

A. Except as provided in subsection B, in any action, or claim for damages, by
an employee, his personal representative or other person against any person
other than the employer, and in any such action brought, or claim asserted, by
the employer under his right of subrogation provided for in § 65.2-309, if a
recovery is effected, either by judgment or voluntary settlement, the reasonable
expenses and reasonable attorney’s fees of such claimants shall be
apportioned pro rata between the employer and the employee, his personal
representative or other person, as their respective interests may appear.

B. If the employer is required to institute an action against any party to
recover some or all of its lien pursuant to subsection D of § 65.2-309, the
employer shall not be required to pay any share of the reasonable expenses and
reasonable attorney’s fees associated with that portion of its lien that
is not preserved by the employee, his personal representative or other person.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 65-39.1; 1960, c. 89; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-43; 1991, c.
355; 2004, cc. 914, 941.