Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2008
Journal Title
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
ISSN
0024-7081
Abstract
The modern incarnation of tort subrogation allows an insurer to force its insured to turn over the litigation proceeds independently obtained by the insured against a third-party tortfeasor, even if the insured has not been made whole by such litigation. This Article demonstrates that such a result is the product of a subrogation-as-contract paradigm that has taken hold in the federal system, most notably by the United States Supreme Court in Sereboff v. Mid-Atlantic Services, 547 U.S. 356 (2006). More importantly, the Article illustrates the conceptual and historical roots of subrogation to demonstrate the extent to which subrogation-as-contract is divorced from the doctrine's origins and to illustrate the serious negative consequences that flow from such a dramatic departure.
First Page
49
Last Page
91
Num Pages
43
Volume Number
40
Issue Number
1
Publisher
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Recommended Citation
Brendan S. Maher & Radha A. Pathak,
Understanding and Problematizing Contractual Tort Subrogation,
40
Loy. U. Chi. L.J.
49
(2008).
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