Court Publishes Ruling Limiting Public Employer's Ability to Assert Subrogation Claims

The Commonwealth Court this week ordered publication of its prior decision that held that a self-insured municipality’s decision to pay medical benefits to an injured police officer from its workers’ compensation fund did not entitle the municipality to a subrogation lien against the officer’s third-party recovery. The court initially released its decision in DeHoratius v. WCAB (Upper Darby Township) last August as an unpublished opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in Pennsylvania. Michael DeHoratius then filed a request for publication last Se...