Bell Atlantic-Delaware, Inc. v. Saporito

STEELE, Chief Justice:

Bell Atlantic-Delaware Inc., now Verizon-Delaware Inc., appeals a judgment of the Superior Court ordering it to repay an employee, Appellee Domenic A. Saporito, the excess of an amount Saporito paid to satisfy a workers’ compensation hen held by the company. Verizon contends that the trial judge undervalued the hen by characterizing certain payments as personal-injury protection (PIP) benefits instead of workers’ compensation. In this opinion, we conclude that the subrogation rights of employers and self-insurers under Delaware’s no-fault insurance and employment…