PA. MANUFACTURERS' ASSN. INS. CO. v. WOLFE

No. 3233-S-1985.

46 Pa. D. & C. 3d 594 (1988)

Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Company v. Wolfe

Common Pleas Court of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

January 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Bonetti, for plaintiff.

Richard C. Angino, for defendants.


DOWLING, J., January 21, 1988.

This case of first impression involves a clash between an insurance carrier's right of subrogation under section 319 of the Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act1 and an attorney's contractual right to a contingency fee when the underlying third-party tort action is resolved on a structured basis and the front money at the time of settlement is insufficient to satisfy both claims.

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