Ortega v. Motors Ins. Corp.

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• adopting the principle that, where the tortfeasor obtains a release from the insured with knowledge that the insured has already been indemnified by the insurer, such release does not bar the right of subrogation of the insurer
• “Because the tortfeasor had knowledge of Motors’ perfected subrogation rights when Ortega executed the releases, he was estopped from raising those releases as a defense to Motors’ action.” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).