John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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• showing of prejudice required in order for insurer to deny personal injury protection coverage on the basis that an insured's settlement failed to comply with a subrogation provision
• showing of prejudice required in order for insurer to deny personal injury protection coverage on the basis that an insured’s settlement failed to comply with a sub-rogation provision
• because liability and PIP coverages are separate and distinct, injured insured entitled to first apply tort liability recovery to expenses not covered by-PIP
• insurer may reduce its PIP liability by amount received from tortfeasor, but the key factor is double recovery
• insurer may reduce its PIP liability by amount received from tortfeasor, but the key factor is double recovery
• insurer not entitled to reimbursement until the insured had been made whole; therefore, insurance proceeds are allocated to general damages before special damages

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).