Joel S. ARIO, Acting Insurance Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant
v.
RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 3, 2009.
Decided October 5, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Ann B. Laupheimer, Sheila Coombs Branyan, Stephanie C. Chomentowski, Blank Rome, L.L.P.; Eric Jonathan Rothschild, Deborah Fuchs Cohen, Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Joel S. Ario, Acting Ins. Com'r of the Com. of PA, appellant.
Gerald E. Arth, Beth Lisa Throne Fox Rothschild, Philadelphia, for Nat. Ass'n of Ins. Com'rs, appellant amicus curiae.
Deirdre M. Richards, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, L.L.P.; Hillary C. Steinberg, James Michael Matour, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, P.C.; Bruce R. Hoffman, Philadelphia, for Reliance Ins. Co., appellee.
Matthew Allender Williams, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC; Bennett Evan Cooper, Pro Hac Vice, Phoenix, AZ, for Northland Ins. Co., appellee amicus curiae.
Mark Jason Dorval, David Carl Franceski, Stradley Ronon, Stevens & Young, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Citicorp North America, Inc., intervenor.
Robert A. Kauffman, Michael L. Browne, Reed Smith, L.L.P.; Elizabeth C.F. Abrams, Philadelphia, for Vitas Healthcare Corp., intervenor.
Joseph James Bellew, Cozen O'Connor, Wilmington, DE, for Clients Assur. Pool, Ltd., intervenor.
Francis P. Newell, Philadelphia, for Celanese Americas Corp., intervenor.
Diane Marie Tokarsky, James William Kutz, Kimberly Colonna, McNees, Wallace & Nurick, LLC, Harrisburg, for Earth Tech., Inc., intervenor.
We evaluate Section 544 of the Insurance Department Act, 40 P.S. § 221.44 (the "Act") and determine what priority classification ought to be assigned to a subrogation claim held by an insurance company against an insolvent insurer under the Act. We hold that this type of claim is a loss claim for which the loss has been indemnified and therefore that the appropriate classification is set forth in subsection (g) of Section...
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