Hartford Insurance Group Ex Rel. Chunli Chen v. Kamara

170 A.3d 982

• Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• Decided: August 9, 2017
• Docket: The Hartford Insurance Group v. Kamara, K., - No. 205 EAL 2017 (Granted)
• Status: Published

Opinion

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 9th day of August, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as .stated by Petitioner, are:

a. Can a Workers’ Compensation lien-holder bring a third party action on behalf of the, injured worker to recoup amounts paid to the injured worker from the alleged tortfeasor contrary to the standard set in Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Domtar Paper Co., 631 Pa. 463, 113 A.3d 1230 (2015)?

b. Did the Superior Court fail to see that the failure to attach the verifi cation of Chunli Chen to Plaintiffs Complaint and decision to attach the verification of the insurance adjuster with knowledge of the lien, supports the argument of [Petitioners] that this lawsuit was brought without the cooperation of Chunli Chen and solely on behalf of the insurance company in an attempt to subrogate its lien in direct contradiction of the standard set in Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Domtar Paper Co., 631 Pa. 463, 113 A.3d 1230 (2015)?

c. Is the caption, and effect of the caption, “The Harford Insurance Group On behalf of Chunli Chen” synonymous with “Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, as subrogee of George Lawrence” as it appears in Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Domtar Paper Co., 631 Pa. 463, 113 A.3d 1230 (2015)?