Amica Mutual Insurance v. Woods

Opinion

DUPONT, J.

The plaintiff appeals from the judgment for the defendants1 rendered by the trial court in accordance with the report of an attorney trial referee. The attorney trial referee determined that the plaintiff insurance company was not entitled to recover reparations benefits paid to or for the benefit of the defendant Donna Woods, an insured of the plaintiff, and recommended judgment for the defendants.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the plaintiffs right to reimbursement for basic reparations benefits paid to the defendant insured was extinguished upon the passage…