Carrier Can't Directly Appeal From Denial of Petition for Intervention

A divided Pennsylvania Superior Court, sitting en banc, ruled that an insurance carrier could not take an immediate appeal of a trial judge’s denial of its petition to intervene in a tort suit to recover its workers’ compensation lien when a complaint had yet to be filed. Michelle and Richard Loftus filed a request for a summons against Katrina Decker in September 2020. Eastern Alliance Insurance Group then filed a motion to intervene in the action. Eastern alleged that Michelle Loftus was employed as a bus driver for its insured, Tri County Transportation, and tha...