Kansas Statutes 40-2212. Same; notice of injury or death; jurisdiction; lien of employee; payment to employee, agent or dependents
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 40-2212
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Policy: means , except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), any individual or group policy, contract, subscriber agreement, rider or endorsement delivered or issued for delivery in this state by an insurer, fraternal benefit society, nonprofit medical and hospital service corporation, prepaid health plan, health maintenance organization or any similar organization. See Kansas Statutes 40-2227
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Every policy issued by any insurance corporation, association or organization to assure the payment of compensation, under the workmen’s compensation act, shall contain a clause providing that between any employer and the insurer, notice to and knowledge of the occurrence of injury or death on the part of the insured shall be notice and knowledge on the part of the insurer; and jurisdiction of the insured shall be jurisdiction of the insurer and the insurer shall be bound by every agreement, adjudgment, award, or judgment rendered against the insured. Every such policy shall provide that the employee shall have first lien upon any amount becoming due on account of such policy to the insured from the insurer and that in case of the legal incapacity, inability, or disability of the insured to receive the amount due and pay it over to the insured employee, or his dependents, said insurer shall pay the same direct to such employee, his agent, or to a trustee for him or his dependents to the extent of discharging any obligation of the insured to said employee or his dependents.