State v. Newton, No. A-1962-97 (App. Div. Feb. 18, 2000) (Newton I), certif. denied, 165 N.J. 133 (2000). This court held that defendant's sentence was legal and that defendant had been correctly sentenced to a mandatory extended term because of his New York conviction for possession of narcotics with intent to sell.
However, a subrogee has no better rights than its subrogor. M B Apartments, Inc. v. Teltser, 328 N.J.Super. 265, 273, 745 A.2d 586 (App.Div.), certif. denied, 165 N.J. 133, 754 A.2d 1210 (2000); Hanover Ins. Co. v. Borough of Atl. Highlands, 310 N.J.Super. 599, 603, 709 A.2d 328 (Law Div. 1997), aff'd, 310 N.J.Super. 568, 709 A.2d 236 (App.Div.), certif. denied, 156 N.J. 383, 718 A.2d 1212 (1998); Mayfair Fabrics v. Henley, 101 N.J.Super. 363, 368, 244 A.2d 344 (Law Div. 1968). Because the damages that the injured insured may recover in a personal injury action do not include amounts paid by collateral sources, the third-party health insurers that paid those benefits have no right of recovery or subrogation from their insureds' personal injury awards or settlements.