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Use Of Red-Light Cameras In Accident Litigation

Auto, Med Pay, PIP, Newsletter, SubrogationBy JamieOctober 27, 2014

Intersection accidents represent a disproportionate share of vehicle crashes and, therefore, a disproportionate share of litigated cases. Credible witnesses are the key to winning cases, but credible witnesses are rare, can be cross-examined, and are often reluctant to cooperate. The…

Texas Supreme Court Narrows Economic Loss Doctrine

Contribution and Liability, Newsletter, Product Liability, Property, SubrogationBy JamieOctober 20, 2014

A new Texas Supreme Court decision in Chapman Custom Homes, Inc. v. Dallas Plumbing Co., 2014 WL 4116839 (Tex. 2014) narrows the stranglehold of the Economic Loss Doctrine (ELD) and states that the ELD precludes recovery in tort for economic…

Texas Court Backs Private Right Of Action For Medicare Advantage Organizations

ERISA and Health Insurance, Newsletter, SubrogationBy JamieSeptember 30, 2014

In Humana v. Farmers Texas County Mutual, et al., 13-cv-006111 (W.D. Tex. Sept. 24, 2014), the plaintiff, a Medicare Advantage Organization (MAO), sought reimbursement from a no-fault automobile insurer. The magistrate judge previously granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss holding…

Illinois Legislature Outsmarts Illinois Court of Appeals

Auto, Med Pay, PIP, Newsletter, SubrogationBy JamieSeptember 18, 2014

Governor signs amendment to § 143.24d making arbitration of small auto property claims mandatory but not binding.   In 2013, Illinois enacted a new statute requiring the mandatory arbitration of collision subrogation claims involving less than $2,500. 215 I.L.C.S. §…

7,540 Reasons To Include Your Insured’s Deductible In Your Subrogation Claim

Auto, Med Pay, PIP, Newsletter, SubrogationBy JamieSeptember 18, 2014

Insured motorists are called upon every day to pay their deductibles in order for their carriers to cover the necessary repairs to their motor vehicles after accidents. Many carriers refuse to include those deductibles in the subrogated claims they make…

District Of Columbia Plans To Limit Time For Compensation Carrier To File Subrogation Suit

Newsletter, Subrogation, Workers' CompensationBy JamieSeptember 18, 2014

On June 27, 2013, the Council of the District of Columbia enacted emergency and temporary legislation resulting in an amendment to § 32-1535 which narrows the window during which a workers’ compensation carrier has to file a third-party action. An…

Hedging Bets For Subrogation Success

SubrogationBy JamieSeptember 3, 2014

 A number of changes have affected the success of subrogation in the healthcare insurance setting – changes that financial executives need to be aware of in order to both mitigate negative impact and maximize opportunities. Kurt Ullman, this article’s author,…

2nd Circuit Strips Fully-Insured Plans Of Preemption Of New York Anti-Subrogation Law

ERISA and Health Insurance, Newsletter, SubrogationBy JamieAugust 27, 2014

For the time being, trial lawyers are celebrating the recent 2nd Circuit decision in Wurtz v. Rawlings Co., LLC, 2014 WL 3746801 (2nd Cir. 2014), which on July 31st, held that a class action suit seeking to enjoin three defendants…

Recovery Of Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses In Property Subrogation Cases: Subrogating For More Than Your Insured’s Property Damage

Newsletter, Property, SubrogationBy JamieAugust 27, 2014

Property insurers along all lines could simplify their business practices and lower their overhead considerably by simply paying any and all property damages, claims, expenses, and consequential damages alleged to have been incurred by and in the amounts claimed by…

Unpublished New Jersey Decision Calls Into Question Comp Carrier’s Subrogation Rights Against UM/UIM Benefits

Auto, Med Pay, PIP, Newsletter, Subrogation, Workers' CompensationBy JamieAugust 27, 2014

A recent unpublished and quite puzzling decision from the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, threw decades of established New Jersey subrogation law into question when it announced that a workers’ compensation carrier has no subrogation/reimbursement rights on the medical…

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