Personal Injury • Assertion of Subrogation Rights Directly Against Tortfeasors • Workers’ Compensation Carrier • Verification of Facts By Insurer’s Employee
The Hartford Ins. Grp. v. Kamara, PICS Case No. 17-0273 (Pa. Super. Feb. 10, 2017) Olson, J. (16 pages).
A workers’ compensation carrier could pursue claim against third-party tortfeasors by, instead of bringing a subgrogation claim, asserting the claim on behalf of the injured employee to establish the tortfeasors’ liability to the injured employee. Order of the trial court vacated, case remanded.
