Unicare Life & Health Insurance v. Saiter

Type

Opinion of the Court

Per curiam

Yes — no individual author

Filed

June 10, 2002

Case

Unicare Life & Health Insurance v. Saiter

Case status

Decided

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PER CURIAM. Plaintiff Unicare Life Health Insurance Company brought suit against defendants Nichole Saiter, Lorn Wells, and Progressive Insurance Company, seeking to enforce its subrogation and reimbursement rights under an ERISA plan. Defendant Saiter was injured in an automobile accident on July 26,1997, while a passenger in an automobile driven by Lorn Wells. Saiter suffered serious injuries and incurred substantial medical expenses. Saiter was provided health care coverage as part of an ERISA employee benefit plan through her employment with HiSan, Inc., as sponsored by ITT Industries. The plan was administered by appellant Unicare, which made payment for Salter’s medical expenses in an amount exceeding $164,000. The plan contained both a subrogation provision and a reimbursement provision. 1 Following Unicare’s payment of Saiter’s medical expenses, Saiter entered into a settlement agreement with Wells and Progressive, Wells’s insurance carrier. Pursuant to the settlement, Saiter signed a general release in favor of Wells and Progressive, and Progressive issued Saiter a check for $100,000, equal to the policy limit of Wells’s liability coverage carried by Progressive. The settl…

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