PMA MANAGEMENT CORP. v. WHITE, ROBERT

Memorandum:

Petitioner, a third-party administrator for the New York Liquidation Bureau (NYLB), commenced this proceeding seeking payment of a workers’ compensation lien (see Workers’ Compensation Law § 29). The NYLB paid workers’ compensation benefits to respondent Robert White after his original workers’ compensation insurer, Legion Insurance Company (Legion), was placed into liquidation by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in 2003. The NYLB then retained the Risk Management Planning Group (RMPG), and thereafter petitioner, to administer the workers’ compensation claim, including the…