219.81 CONTRARY CONTRACT DECLARED VOID.
Any contract, rule, or device whatever, the purpose or intent of which is to enable an
employer to escape liability created by sections
219.77 to
219.83, is to that extent void. In an
action brought against the employer under or by virtue of sections
219.77 to
219.83, the employer
may set off any sum the employer has contributed or paid to any insurance, relief, benefit, or
indemnity that may have been paid to the injured employee, or to the persons entitled to it on
account of the injury or death for which the action was brought.
History: (4937) 1915 c 187 s 5; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1; 1986 c 444