The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case over whether an insurance company covering an employer can subrogate a claim on behalf of an employee against a tortfeasor.

The high court granted allocatur in Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Domtar Paper on May 29. The justices granted argument on the single issue of whether the state Workers’ Compensation Act allows an employer’s carrier to step into an employee’s shoes to pursue subrogation against a tortfeasor.

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