Split Supreme Court Says Employer Can't Subrogate Against Worker's Dram Shop Act Recovery

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that an employer who paid Heart Lung Act benefits to a police officer is not entitled to subrogation from the officer’s recovery on a claim that asserted negligence and Dram Shop Act-based liability on a third-party motorist. Case: Alpini v. WCAB (Tinicum Township), No. 2 MAP 2022, 05/16/2023, published. Facts and procedural history: Christopher Alpini worked for Tinicum Township as a police officer. He suffered multiple injuries when an intoxicated driver struck his patrol car in April 2011. The township accepted liability for Alpini’s injur...