California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Pitcher v. Kniss, 10 Cal.App.3d 931, 89 Cal.Rptr. 676 (Cal. App. 1970):
In Witt v. Jackson, Supra, 57 Cal.2d 57, 17 Cal.Rptr. 369, 366 P.2d 641, the case that declared the rule in California that the negligent employer may not recover the amount of workmen's compensation paid to an employee injured by the negligence of a third party and the employer's concurring negligence, the negligence imputed to the employer was that of a second employee which was of an active character in the operation of a moving vehicle that slowed down and changed lanes. 2
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