Document DML7D254z9EKmzM0NxGRnRJM4

LIBERTY MUTUAL Westgate Plaza Building; 20325 Center Ridge Road; Cleveland, Ohio 44116 Tel. (216) 333-8000 September 26, 1973 The Sherwin Williams Company 101 Prospect Avenue, N.W. Cleveland, Ohio 44115 Att; Mr. R.J. Malone, Corporate Director of Insurance Re: J^gdacted ~ Sherwin Williams Company Dear Mr. Malone: This will acknowledge and thank you for your letter of August 31, 1973. As you know, we had previously obtained information from our Oakland Claims Office and discussed this case at the team meeting on August 3. 1973. We were aat-rv at that- f-fme f-hat what has occurred in this particular situation might happen. This claim is now the subject of a formal claim before the Workmens Compensation Appeals Board, the action having been initiated by the Kaiser Foundation Hospital/Permanente Medical Group which is the Applicant/Lien claimant in this matter. The deceased claimant, Mr. received his medical care at the Redacted Kaiser Foundation and they have submitted a billing totalling $6.295.70 for services rendered to They are interested in recovering this atnmini- all pass la ie ana cne information I have obtained from our Oakland Claims Manager indicates that they frequently engage in litigation of this type since many employees have their group insurance pian and..StaFare a lien whenever the possibility of an industrial claim is present. Usually, their lien is filed on a claim already pending Aftd made ou bulialT*of the injured employee or his legal representative, but as you know, in this particular case, no claim has been filed by the employee or his widow and Kaiser took it upon themselves to file as an interested party, which they are entitled to"3o.. I have checked the California Statute and find that Chapter III deals with Applications and Answers and under Section 5501 states as follows, "the application may be filed with the Appeals Board by any party in interest, his attorney, or other representative authorized in wr-i Mt >p ' tTnllran <4>a (' Tlrnp- r>f the application, a time and place shall thereupon be fissd| Board for a Hearing" N40591 LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON