Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co. of Boston, Inc. v. Arbella Mutual Insurance

We transferred this appeal here on our own motion to decide whether a self-insured owner of a rental vehicle, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of Boston, Inc. (Enterprise), may seek subrogation under G. L. c. 90, § 34M, fifth par.,2 *265against the personal automobile insurance carrier of the operator of its vehicle, Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company (Metropolitan), for personal injury protection (PIP) benefits it paid. We conclude that the statute grants a right of subrogation to an insurer that pays compulsory PIP benefits and that Enterprise may seek subrogation under the…