Group Self-Insurance Fund Can't Subrogate against Police Officer's 3rd-Party Tort Recovery

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a group self-insurance fund that had paid benefits for a police officer’s injuries from a car accident was not entitled to subrogate against the officer’s third-party tort recovery. Case: Kenney v. WCAB (Lower Pottsgrove Township), No. 845 C.D. 2018, 08/02/2019, published. Facts and procedural history: James Kenney worked for the Lower Pottsgrove Township as a police officer. He suffered injuries in a car accident in September 2014. Kenney was out of work until March 2015, when he returned to a light-duty assignment. Kenney retur...