---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 341.7"
title: "20"
number: "341.7"
heading: "Liability on Board's claim."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/341.7"
---

# §341.7. Liability on Board's claim.

- (a) A person or company paying any sum or damages to an employee who has received sickness benefits from the Board shall, upon receipt of notice as provided in [§ 341.3(a)](/cfr/20/341.3.md?p=a), be liable to the Board for the amount of reimbursement computed under [§ 341.5](/cfr/20/341.5.md). This liability may be relieved by either:
  - (1) Withholding the amount reimbursable to the Board from the sum or damages payable to the employee, and subsequently paying that amount to the Board; or
  - (2) Including the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board as a payee on the check or draft along with the employee and any others who have an interest in the damages.
- (b) If the person or company paying the damages does not protect the Board's lien or attempts to protect the Board's lien in some manner other than those described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, that person or company shall remain liable to the Board until the Board is reimbursed in full.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 323, Pub. L. 79-572, 60 Stat. 740, 741; 45 U.S.C. 362(o).

### Source

Source: 49 FR 570, Jan. 5, 1984, unless otherwise noted.