Even Monkeys Cannot Explain Why Companies Insist on Subrogation Waivers October 3, 2019 By Gary L. Wickert Most state workers’ compensation laws, or cases construing them, allow the employer and its carrier to waive its right to...
Subrogation Counsel, Data Breaches, And Cybersecurity August 26, 2019 By Gary Wickert What do you really know about the strengths and weakness of the cybersecurity measures taken by the subrogation counsel and...
Lessons Learned After a Large Pipeline Failure in Canada: Viewpoint August 13, 2019 By Bob Moore Twelve years ago an oil field gathering system in Northern British Columbia suffered a major pipeline failure leading to significant...
Insurers Urged to Be Cautious When Seeking Recovery of Paradigm Fees July 29, 2019 By Jim Sams Paradigm Catastrophic Care Management offers what insurers crave: certainty in medical costs for workers’ compensation claims filed by catastrophically injured...
Sidewalk Defects Liability: In Most States, Size Matters June 19, 2019 By Gary L. Wickert Insurance claim files are overflowing with losses involving individuals injured when they trip and fall over cracked, broken, or uneven...
N.J. Court Prohibits Lawyer from Asking Client at Trial if Vehicle Totaled May 13, 2019 By Gary L. Wickert A New Jersey Superior Court judge recently issued a written ruling, holding that, as a matter of first impression, it...
‘Matching Regulations’ Affecting Homeowners’ Insurance Claims: Viewpoint April 4, 2019 By Gary L. Wickert It remains one of the most difficult issues to deal with in the world of property insurance. Homeowners’ insurance policies...
Equitable Subrogation/Contribution Among Coinsurers and Duct Tape January 28, 2019 By Stephen A. Smith, Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. Why You Can’t Have One Without the Other When multiple insurers provide coverage for a single loss or accident, things...
Hedge Fund Holds $1B in PG&E Insurance Claims January 15, 2019 By Miles Weiss, Allison McNeely and Katherine Doherty Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group has been the poster child of the hedge fund industry’s ill-timed stock-market bets on the troubled...
Who Let the Dogs Out? Subrogating Dog Bite Cases January 3, 2019 By Gary Wickert One insurance company – State Farm – has referred to dog bites as a “serious public health problem.” Last year...