Roger Baron, ’76, professor emeritus at University of South Dakota School of Law, is an ERISA subrogation and reimbursement expert. He published a law review article, Subrogation: A Pandora’s Box Awaiting Closure, 41 S.D. L. Rev. 237, 241 (1996), that the Hawaii Supreme Court relied upon in its decisions on the case: Hawaii Management Alliance Association v. Randy Rudel. The case ended up in the U.S. Supreme Court and on Feb. 24, 2020, the Writ of Certiorari was denied.

To read more see Justices Skip Hawaii Insurer’s ERISA Preemption Case and USD Law Prof. Baron’s Subrogation Article Cited by Hawai’i Supreme Court.