Admiralty, Maritime, and Jones Act

Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. (MWL) represents insurers in the unique area involving admiralty and maritime losses on the navigable waters, at marinas, on rivers, or in oceans. We handle claims involving limitation of liability, vessel negligence, offshore product liability,…

Insurance Contribution and Equitable Indemnity

Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. (MWL) represent insurance companies, self-insureds, and third-party adjusting vendors in actions seeking equitable or contractual contribution in connection with property and liability insurance policy obligations. Often overlooked in the maze of subrogation law are the…

Fleet and Dealership Losses

We represent the unique subrogation needs of automobile dealerships and fleet operators. This includes overcoming the unique anti-subrogation defenses which arise when representing dealerships and their insurance companies seeking to hold vehicle test drivers, customers, and other permissive users of…

Trucking and Downtime Claims

We represent the transportation litigation and subrogation needs of dozens of trucking companies, motor carriers, and the fleet industry in general, both domestic and international. This includes the aggressive pursuit of loss of use/lost profit/downtime claims for both commercial fleet…

Lloyds, Syndicates, and London Market

We have for nearly four decades aggressively handled the subrogation and recovery needs of Lloyds underwriters and the London Market, as well as representation of all Lloyds syndicates in admiralty, cargo recovery/subrogation, property damage, and maritime related personal injury cases.…

Inland and Ocean Marine

We handle subrogation claims for losses occurring on the navigable waters, such as oceans, lakes, and rivers. This includes losses occurring during many of the commercial activities that, although land based, are maritime in nature. This includes aggressive subrogation of…

MCS-90

Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. (MWL) represents the transportation litigation and subrogation needs of dozens of trucking companies, motor carriers, logistics companies, and the fleet industry in general, both domestic and international. We have extensive experience in representing the unique…

Federal Tort Claims Act

The federal government is everywhere. It does not simply roll over and let you sue them. They enjoy sovereign immunity. Sovereign immunity refers to a government’s immunity from being sued by its citizens in its own courts without its consent.…

Explosion Cases

Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. (MWL) investigates, prepares, provides subrogation evaluations for, and litigates large loss explosion subrogation cases such as the West Texas Fertilizer ammonium nitrate explosion. This also includes explosions involving combustible dust, natural gas, chemical compounds, propane…