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...
Subrogation Savoir-Faire: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You December 6, 2018 By Gary Wickert Oh, that it wasn’t so, but today’s world of insurance claims adjusting, subrogation and civil litigation rewards the ability of...
Tautology and the Art of Listening September 6, 2018 By Gary Wickert We only hear half of what we listen to. Perhaps that is why most people instinctively use tautology when they...
Slower Traffic Keep Right: A Summary of State ‘Keep Right’ Traffic Laws June 7, 2018 By Gary L. Wickert, Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. It is the universal trigger and a pet peeve of millions of drivers. You’re making good time traveling 75 mph...