6 - Defense; insurance fund.

§  6.  Defense; insurance fund. An employer who shall have contributed  to an insurance fund created and maintained for the  mutual  purpose  of  indemnifying  an  employee for personal injuries, for which compensation  may be recovered under this article, or to any relief society or benefit  fund created under the laws of this state, may prove  in  mitigation  of  damages recoverable by an employee under this article such proportion of  the pecuniary benefit which has been received by such employee from such  fund  or society on account of such contribution of the employer, as the  contribution of such employer to such fund or society bears to the whole  contribution thereto.