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Massachusetts Supreme Court Ignores Clear Wording of Workers’ Compensation Subrogation Statute and Intent of Legislature

Newsletter, Subrogation, Workers' CompensationFebruary 29, 2016

Since 1939, § 15 has provided that a workers’ compensation carrier receives first priority recovery from a third-party settlement or judgment. In particular, it provides that “the sum recovered” in the third-party action (also defined as the “gross sum received…

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Subrogating Snowmageddon And Winter Roof Collapses

Construction Defect, Newsletter, Property, SubrogationFebruary 23, 2016

As someone whose childhood winter chores included “shoveling the roof”, I have an intimate familiarity with the concept of the potential for roof collapse from the weight of excessive snow and ice. Winter storms this season have produced all-time record…

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If A Tree Falls In The Forest, Does The Subrogation Department Hear It?

Newsletter, Property, SubrogationFebruary 15, 2016

During my first decade of practicing law in Texas, I enjoyed a good professional relationship with Texas Governor Greg Abbott. In those days, Greg, who is my age and earned his law degree one year after me, was a young…

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Significant Changes To Wisconsin’s Dog Bite Statute

Insurance Coverage, Insurance Defense, Newsletter, PropertyFebruary 9, 2016

Wisconsin’s so-called dog bite statute entitled “Owner’s Liability for Damage Caused by Dog” is currently set forth in Wis. Stat. § 174.02. Section 174.02(1)(a) deals with a “first bite” of a dog while § 174.02(1)(b) deals with a “second bite”…

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Join Us For A Webinar On February 25, 2016 – Introduction to Property and Casualty Subrogation

Newsletter, Property, SubrogationJanuary 28, 2016

Gary L. Wickert will be presenting a complimentary webinar on February 25, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (Central) on Introduction To Property and Casualty Subrogation. From recognition of subrogation in difficult fact settings to effective and thorough, yet cost-effective, investigation of natural…

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Georgia Supreme Court Issues Major Comp Subrogation Apportionment Decision

Newsletter, Subrogation, Workers' CompensationJanuary 28, 2016

Just when you thought workers’ compensation subrogation in this country’s most difficult state could not get any more difficult, it does. In Zaldivar v. Prickett, 774 S.E.2d 688 (Ga. 2015), Prickett sued Zaldivar for injuries resulting from a 2009 work-related…

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The Parable Of The Crippled Mare: Loss-Of-Use Now Recoverable In Texas Total-Loss Auto Cases

Auto, Med Pay, PIP, Newsletter, SubrogationJanuary 25, 2016

Many years ago, a lawyer argued that the long-standing Texas rule prohibiting recovery of damages for loss-of-use of personal property, unless the property was a total loss or destroyed was unfair. City of Canadian v. Guthrie, 87 S.W.2d 316 (Tex. Civ.…

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License To Steal: Supreme Court Helps Plan Beneficiaries Avoid Repaying Subrogated Health Plans

ERISA and Health Insurance, Newsletter, Occupational Accident, SubrogationJanuary 21, 2016

Trial lawyers are happy. On January 20, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court issued their written opinion in the long-anticipated ERISA subrogation case of Montanile v. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan, 2016 WL 228344 (Jan.…

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This Christmas’ “Hot” New Gift: Exploding Hoverboards

Contribution and Liability, Newsletter, Product Liability, Property, SubrogationDecember 18, 2015

With holiday shopping in full swing and Christmas a week away, there are growing concerns over the safety of one of the season’s hottest items – hoverboards. The year’s “must have” gift harkens back to the popular ‘80s movie Back To…

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Making Subrogation While The Hay Shines

Newsletter, Property, SubrogationDecember 17, 2015

Every year in North America insurers pay out tens of millions of claim dollars resulting from fires and feed damage caused by the spontaneous combustion and heating of hay mow – a pile of hay stored in or near a…

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