Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Ass'n Insurance v. Wolfe

EVANS, J,

“It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville nine that day;

The score stood two to four1

with but one inning left to play. . .”

Once upon a time, Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association Insurance Company, Mr. Wolfe’s worker’s compensation carrier, joined in the settlement of a personal injury claim with Mr. Wolfe as negotiated by Richard C. Angino, Esquire. Shortly thereafter PMA brought a direct action against both Wolfe and Wolfe’s attorneys, Richard C. Angino, and Angino & Rovner, P.C., claiming that its statutory subrogation lien under the Workers’ Compensation Act, 77 P.S. §671, had…