MWL handles subrogation litigation for explosion, fire, water, environmental contamination, and natural disaster losses, which includes wildfire disasters such as the Woolsey and Bobcat wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and similar large property damage claims. For more than 30 years MWL has been the nation’s premier subrogation law firm pursuing the hard-to-recognize subrogation potential attendant to natural…
Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. (MWL) pursues large loss property and casualty subrogation claims under personal/homeowner insurance, commercial insurance, and casualty insurance. This includes fire losses, boiler explosions, machinery failures, and marine and inland marine loss and damage. This includes defeating the exculpatory, waiver, and release of liability agreements signed by the insured owners of…
Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. (MWL) routinely handles the toughest large loss property subrogation cases throughout the country. From plant explosions, fires, crane collapses, and large-scale contamination cases to large natural disasters, flood losses, windstorms, tornado, and hurricane damage. We have experience recovering under theories of inverse condemnation, bailment, strict liability, and spoliation, which enables…
Health insurance subrogation involves much more than simply making demands on negligent tortfeasors. For example, a common scenario arises when a health insurance company and a workers’ compensation carrier may simultaneously be called upon to pay for the same injury. Health Plans often pay medical bills that are later discovered to have been the result…
Our attorneys defend claims against health plan sponsors, fiduciaries and other service providers in all jurisdictions. We handle ERISA benefit litigation, whether individual or complex class action claims. MWL has special expertise in handling claims for wrongful subrogation as well as underpayment claims brought by out-of-network medical providers. We have handled cases alleging violations of…
Uninsured (UM) and underinsured (UIM) motorist coverage covers the insured and his family, along with any passengers for bodily/personal injuries, damages, or death caused by an at-fault uninsured or hit-and-run tortfeasor. It provides an additional source of compensation for an injured plaintiff when the tortfeasor either has no insurance, or the limits of his or…
Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. (MWL) reviews and advises insurance carriers on coverage issues and subrogation needs for policies which insure high-risk drivers and contain an SR-22 or equivalent state certificate. High-risk drivers are required to file SR-22 certificates depending on where they live. SR-22 certificates are not insurance. They are endorsements that guarantee the…
Med Pay and PIP subrogation remains the most prevalent, yet least understood, area of subrogation. Why not utilize the aggressive subrogation program of the subrogation firm who literally wrote the book on the subject? We are the authors of Automobile Insurance Subrogation In All 50 States, published by Juris Publishing, Inc., New York, which is…
The Defense Base Act (DBA) is an extension of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA). It provides disability compensation and medical benefits and death benefits to employees of United States government contractors who perform work overseas. With a few exceptions, the DBA incorporates the provisions of the LHWCA. MWL meticulously represents carriers’ and…
We litigate and pursue Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (U.S. Longshore Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act) reimbursement and subrogation claims under § 933(h) for injuries on or near navigable waters, shore-side operations, and maritime operations. The Longshore and Harbor Worker’s Compensation Act (LHWCA), is a federal act first passed in 1927 which provides employee benefits…