"Workers' compensation carriers are getting a smaller slice of the settlement "pie" when another potential claimant (spouse) asserts their damages in addition to the injured worker," says Saerim Luciano of Pearlman, Brown & Wax. (Credit: Destina/stock.adobe.com)

Loss of consortium claims can hamper the ability of workers' compensation carriers to maximize subrogation recoveries. This is in addition to preventing a carrier's ability to assert a third-party credit in any ongoing workers' compensation litigation, according to Saerim Luciano, senior counsel and chair at Pearlman, Brown & Wax.

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