Bellard v. American Cent. Ins. Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that plaintiff’s UM insurer is “entitled to a credit for all compensation benefits . . . received by the plaintiff” from the UM insurer’s solidary obligor
• finding solidary liability between a UM carrier and the plaintiff’s employer and/or its workers’ compensation insurer
• granting a UM carrier a credit equal to the amount previously paid by the claimant’s employer and workers’ compensation insurer because, “as to . . . the payment of lost wages and medical expenses, payment of the debt by one exonerates the other from liability to the creditor”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).