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Friday, February 26, 2010

COUNTY OF BERGEN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN AND THE COUNTY OF BERGEN VS. HORIZON BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NEW JERSEY, ET AL. A-0616-09T1

COUNTY OF BERGEN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN AND
THE COUNTY OF BERGEN VS. HORIZON BLUE CROSS
AND BLUE SHIELD OF NEW JERSEY, ET AL.
A-0616-09T1 02-24-10
Under the Collateral Source Rule, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-97, a
county with a self-insured benefits plan for its employees is
not entitled to pursue a subrogation action to recover medical
expenses the Plan paid to its insured, a county employee who
brought personal injury claims against third-party tortfeasors.