We are pleased to welcome Frank G. Mackoul II, a new senior litigation counsel, to the firm’s Jacksonville, Florida branch office. Frank brings a wealth of litigation and trial experience to MWL as well as a rather unique and useful…
Loftus v. Katrina Decker: Appeal of Eastern Alliance Ins. Group, 2022 WL 711142 (Pa. Super. 2022) A March 10, 2022, Pennsylvania Superior Court appellate decision underscores why the cost of workers’ compensation insurance for small businesses is the highest in…
Moranz v. Harbor Mall, LLC, 502 P.3d 488 (Haw. 2022) Workers’ compensation carriers doing business in Hawai’i held their collective breathe for 2021 waiting on the Supreme Court to decide whether it would incorporate the common law Made Whole Doctrine…
Ten Questions You Should Ask Your Subrogation Firms and Vendors What do you really know about the strengths and weaknesses of the cybersecurity measures taken by the subrogation counsel and recovery vendors you engage to assist with subrogation recoveries? In…
Thomas Fuller once said, “All doors open to courtesy.” It appears that this may now include the courthouse door. Heavy traffic is moving along smoothly in all lanes of a four-lane boulevard when suddenly a vehicle in the right lane…
Insurance companies, third-party adjusting companies, and subrogation vendors are increasingly undertaking subrogation investigation at an early stage of a claim’s life. Understanding that early recognition and action on third-party recovery potential is often won or lost in the first few…
At 10:30 a.m. on the morning of Thursday, December 30, 2021, two separate wildfires broke out in Boulder County, Colorado near the towns of Superior and Lafayette. One of them—known as the Middle Fork Fire—was contained later that day and…
Boston Branch Office Opened January 1, 2022 Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. (“MWL”) is proud to announce the opening of its new subrogation branch office in Boston, Massachusetts. For years, MWL has represented workers’ compensation carriers, auto carriers, self-insured companies,…
New Jersey is a confusing state when it comes to automobile insurance and PIP benefits. Every owner or registered owner of an automobile registered or principally garaged in New Jersey must have automobile liability insurance coverage insuring against loss resulting…
When an automobile is damaged in an accident and then repaired, the resale value may be less than a comparable automobile that has not been damaged. In other words, the damage results in a reduction or “diminution” in the resale…