Legal Opinion
Perreira v. Rediger
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 26, 2001PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
LONG, J.
The question presented in these consolidated appeals is whether the collateral source rule embodied in N.J.S.A. 2A:15-97 allows a health insurer, who expends funds on behalf of an insured, to recoup those payments through subrogation or contract reimbursement when the insured recovers a judgment against a tortfeasor. The answer is no.
The purpose underlying N.J.S.A. 2A:15-97 is twofold: to eliminate the double recovery to plaintiffs that flowed from the common-law collateral source rule and to allocate the benefit of that change to liability…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Propeller Monticello v. MollisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Cunningham v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1985
- Michigan Hospital Service v. SharpeMichigan Supreme Court · 1954
- Frost v. Porter Leasing Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Youngblood v. American States InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 1993
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Jean Dedmon v. Debbie SteelmanTennessee Supreme Court · 2017
- Taransky v. Secretary of the United States Department of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2014
- Carducci v. Aetna U.S. HealthcareDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2003
- Jonathan Wirth, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Aetna U.S. HealthcareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006
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