Monthly Archives: February 2017

Questionable Hawai’i Court of Appeals Decision Creates Interesting Workers’ Compensation Subrogation Opportunities

Posted by Gary L. Wickert on February 27, 2017

If a contest were held for the worst appellate decision of 2017, we might already have a winner. The recent unpublished Hawai’i Court of Appeals decision in Hawaiian Dredging Constr. Co., Inc. v. Fujikawa Assocs., Inc., 2017 WL 663540 (Haw. … Learn More

Nebraska Supreme Court Sidesteps Issues Of Future Credit And Made Whole Doctrine In Workers’ Compensation Subrogation

Posted by Gary L. Wickert on February 17, 2017

Trial lawyers in Nebraska had high hopes that a questionable Court of Appeals decision from early 2016 might reinject the equitable Made Whole Doctrine into Nebraska workers’ compensation subrogation and eliminate any right of the carrier to a future credit … Learn More

How To Sue Yourself And Win

Posted by Gary L. Wickert on February 10, 2017

The new American horror film “Split”, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, recently in theaters, is a psychological thriller which centers on a bizarre antagonist with 23 separate personalities. Without spoiling the plot, suffice it to say that it focuses on … Learn More