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Supreme Court Upholds FEHBA Subrogation Rights Over State Law

ERISA and Health Insurance, NewsletterMay 22, 2017

In a highly anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has finally weighed in on the issue of FEHBA subrogation and federal preemption of state laws in Coventry Health Care of Missouri, Inc. v. Nevils, 137 S.Ct. 1190 (April 18, 2017)…

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What Is The Difference Between A “Claimant” And An “Insured”?

Newsletter, SubrogationMay 10, 2017

Words matter. Our firm reviews as many as two to three dozen new claim files/catastrophic injury cases every day. We review these files for many reasons, but primarily to determine if the loss/injury was the result of negligence on the…

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New Nevada Supreme Court Decision Does Significant Damage To Workers’ Compensation Subrogation

Newsletter, Workers' CompensationApril 26, 2017

In Nevada, when a workers’ compensation carrier is subrogated to the rights of the worker under § 616C.215, the carrier has a lien on the “total proceeds” of any third-party recovery. N.R.S. § 616C.215(5). This is true whether the recovery is…

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IMPUTED CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE: Maximizing Auto Property Subrogation When Your Insured Wasn’t Driving

Auto, Med Pay, PIP, NewsletterApril 11, 2017

Effective auto property subrogation may seem simple, but it often requires a thorough understanding of some of the more confusing legal terms known to American civil jurisprudence. When the owner of a vehicle entrusts his or her vehicle to a…

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Pennsylvania Court Confirms Compensation Carrier Can Initiate Filing Of Third-Party Action

Newsletter, Workers' CompensationMarch 23, 2017

A long-standing controversy has been resolved and a major anti-subrogation obstacle in Pennsylvania has been overcome. The proverbial light bulb has gone on in the Quaker State. The ongoing debate in Pennsylvania over whether a workers’ compensation carrier can initiate…

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Pennsylvania Creates New Opportunity For Employees To Gerrymander Third-Party Settlements

Newsletter, Workers' CompensationMarch 22, 2017

Serrano v. Workers’ Comp. Appeal Bd. (Ametek, Inc.), 2017 WL 563317 (Pa. Comm. 2017). On March 6, 2006, a container of metal powders, with which Serrano was working, exploded, severely burning him. Serrano sued Aramark Uniform and Career Apparel, Inc.…

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Subrogation And The Admissibility Of Expert Testimony

Newsletter, SubrogationMarch 14, 2017

The use of expert witnesses has become an integral and indispensable aspect of American litigation, and it is often the side with the best expert who wins the day. The same holds true for subrogation files in which the subrogated…

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

Newsletter, Workers' CompensationFebruary 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.…

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

Newsletter, Workers' CompensationFebruary 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…

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How To Sue Yourself And Win

Auto, Med Pay, PIP, NewsletterFebruary 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…

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