Cavalier Insurance v. Schy

The determinative issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying appellant, Cavalier Insurance Corporation, recovery on equitable distribution for PIP benefits it paid to appellee, Sigmund Schy.

After a hearing on appellee-Schy’s petition for equitable distribution, the trial court entered its order dissolving and extinguishing appellant’s lien and denying its right to any sums of money by way of equitable distribution which it had paid to Schy for PIP benefits. The order did not detail any equitable considerations upon which such holding was based.

We have considered the…