VALORA v. PA EMPLOYEES BENEFIT TRUST FUND


939 A.2d 312 (2007)

William VALORA, Jr., as Parent and Natural Guardian of Benjamin Valora and William Valora, Jr., In his own Right, Appellees, v. PENNSYLVANIA EMPLOYEES BENEFIT TRUST FUND, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 27, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Kirschner, Esq., for Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund (PEBTF).

James DeCinti, Esq., Richard C. Angino, Esq., Daryl Edwin Christopher, Harrisburg, for William Valora, Jr.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER and BALDWIN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.

We granted review in this healthcare subrogation matter to determine whether its resolution should be guided exclusively by the contractual provisions of the Pennsylvania State Police Handbook, which conferred upon appellant Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund ("PEBTF") a right of subrogation against a subscriber's recovery from a third party of healthcare expenses paid by appellant, or whether principles of equitable...

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