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The Ten Best and Ten Worst States for Subrogating Workers’ Compensation in 2023

It has been seven years since we first published our rankings of the ten best and ten worst states for workers’ compensation subrogation. Since then, case decisions and legislatures have been busy trying to help trial lawyers destroy workers’ compensation subrogation liens in third-party personal injury cases. Therefore, it is time to revisit our rankings…

Missouri

A VOICE OF REASON CRIES OUT IN THE MADE WHOLE WILDERNESS: It’s Not Illegal to Subrogate in Missouri Before Insured Made Whole

For years, trial lawyers have been threatening and filing class action lawsuits in multiple states in an effort to thwart their arch nemesis—subrogation. States such as Montana have gone so far as to hold that it is the burden of the subrogated insurance company to determine and prove that its insured has been fully made…

Delaware

THE CONFUSING STATE OF DELAWARE PIP VS. WORKERS COMPENSATION SUBROGATION: Amguard Insurance Company A/S/O Richard E. Cleveland, 2023 WL 3789445 (Del. Super. 2023)

As is the case in many no-fault states, Delaware employees injured in an automobile accident in the course and scope of employment might be entitled to both workers’ compensation and PIP benefits simultaneously. The Worker’s Compensation Act requires every employer in the state, unless excluded, to provide statutory workers’ compensation benefits to an injured employee.…

Georgia

MWL Defeats Made-Whole in Georgia!

Georgia has long been the bane of a subrogation professional’s existence. The State features both an anti-subrogation law and a complete compensation (“made-whole”) statute. The combination of these two laws have led many insurers to simply write off the hope of any recoveries on their subrogation claims. If you’ve given up all hope of recovering…