Hagans v. Constitution State Service Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that once a claimant’s statutory right to sue tortfea-sors had ran out, the subrogor’s right to collect from the tortfeasor had also expired
• stating that “[s]ubrogation presupposes an actual payment and satisfaction of a debt or claim by the entity asking to be subrogated (‘subrogee’)”
• stating that \[s]ubrogation presupposes an actual payment and satisfaction of a debt or claim by the entity asking to be subrogated (`subrogee')\
• reversing summary judgment for ACP; although claimant failed to join owner of one vehicle in suit against drivers, no evidence presented that owner was responsible for accident or injuries
• “subrogation presupposes an actual payment and satisfaction of a debt or claim by the entity asking to be subrogated”
• unexcused violation of identical language in Dog Law of 1965 held to be negligence per se

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).