Matsyuk v. State Farm/Weismann v. Safeco
Feb 09, 2012OUTCOME: Victory for insurance consumers before the Supreme Court of the State of Washington.
173 Wn.2d 643, 272 P.3d 802. I briefed and argued this case on behalf of Plaintiff Weismann before the WA Court of Appeals, and eventually the Supreme Court of the State of Washington. This decision ... represented a change in Washington law in favor of auto insurance consumers, mandating that insurance companies that are claiming reimbursement from insureds, out of the insureds' liability settlement, for medical benefits paid (PIP benefits), share in the insureds' cost of recovering those benefits. This case extended the existing fee-sharing doctrine to the situation where the insured received PIP benefits based on their status under the policy as a passenger, or a pedestrian struck by the liable driver.
