Valora v. Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund

OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.

We granted review in this healthcare subrogation matter to determine whether its resolution should be guided exclusively by the contractual provisions of the Pennsylvania State Police Handbook, which conferred upon appellant Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund (“PEBTF”) a right of subrogation against a subscriber’s recovery from a third party of healthcare expenses paid by appellant, or whether principles of equitable subrogation also play a role in the analysis. The Superior Court, in its dealing with the matter below, applied principles of equitable subrogation…