HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP v. KAMARA

No. 24 EAP 2017.

199 A.3d 841 (2018)

The HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP ON BEHALF OF CHUNLI CHEN, Appellee v. Kafumba KAMARA, Thrifty Car Rental and Rental Car Finance Group, Appellants

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: November 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay L. Edelstein, Esq. , Christopher Nelson Leeds, Esq. , Kelly Lyn Raymond, Esq. , Edelstein Law, LLP, for Kafumba Kamara, Thrifty Car Rental and Rental Car Finance Group, Appellant.

David C. Harrison, Esq. , for Pennsylvania Association for Justice, 212 N. 3rd Street, Appellant Amicus Curiae.

David Robertson Kunz, Esq. , Kunz & Germick, for The Hartford Insurance Group On Behalf of Chunli Chen, Appellee.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

This appeal presents the issue of whether a workers' compensation insurance carrier may bring a third-party action against an alleged tortfeasor on behalf of an injured employee to recoup the amount paid in workers' compensation benefits where the employee did not independently sue the tortfeasor...

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