AmTrust N. Am., Inc. v. Vasquez, 2024 WL 4233423 (Nev. 2024)  By Gary L. Wickert, Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C.  On September 19, 2024, in one of the most pro-subrogation decisions in a generation, the […]

Workers’ Compensation Subrogation and Employee Leasing Companies  By Gary L. Wickert  At its core, workers' compensation subrogation is quite simple. Employee injured while at work receives workers compensation benefits. Carrier paying benefits recovers those benefits […]

By Gary L. Wickert, Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. Oh, that it wasn’t so, but today’s world of insurance claims adjusting, subrogation, and civil litigation rewards the ability of one party to take advantage of […]

Most state workers’ compensation laws, or cases construing them, allow the employer and its carrier to waive its right to subrogate against a third party that caused or contributed to an employee’s injury. The purpose […]

By Gary L. Wickert, Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. The quid pro quo premise underlying the social compromise known as workers’ compensation is simple: an employee injured at work receives no-fault medical expenses and wage […]

By Gary L. Wickert  The ability of a workers’ compensation carrier to subrogate against and/or seek reimbursement from a recovery made from a third-party tortfeasor responsible for causing the employee’s work-related injuries is universally recognized […]

Workers’ Compensation in 2023  By Gary L. Wickert  It has been seven years since we first published our rankings of the ten best and ten worst states for workers’ compensation subrogation. Since then, case decisions […]

Recovery of Case Management Costs, Medical Bill Audit fees, Rehabilitation Benefits, Utilization Review Costs, IME’s, Nurse Case Worker Fees, Attorneys’ Fees, and Other “Allocated” Loss Adjustment Expenses.  By Gary L. Wickert, Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, […]