Miles v. Van Meter

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from the order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County granting the petition of appellee, Joshua Miles, to settle with the Iowa Insurance Guaranty Association (“IIGA”), free and clear of a subrogation lien asserted by appellant, Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Security Fund (“PWCSF”). We are presented with a question ,of first impression: whether PWCSF may assert a subrogation lien against a claimant’s recovery from an out-of-state insurance guaranty association which is responsible for the outstanding tort claims against an insolvent…