When any employer is insured against liability for compensation and the insurer has paid any compensation for which the employer was liable, or has assumed the liability of the employer, the insurer shall be subrogated to all the rights and duties of the employer and may enforce those rights in its own name. History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 5, § 6; P.L. 1915, ch. 1268, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 5, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 5, § 6; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-36-8.
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