Insurance subrogation is not a widely known or well-understood field of law, even within the insurance industry. Yet, subrogation is the mechanism by which insurers can be paid back for claims they paid out to their insureds while holding the responsible party accountable for the damage they caused. Misunderstandings and lack of available education on […]
In an increasingly mobile world, more subrogation claims than ever involve multiple jurisdictions, and neither carriers nor subrogation lawyers can count on states sharing similar statutes. In this episode of On Subrogation: Conflict of Law – Statute of Limitations, Rathbone Group partner Jason Sullivan discusses what to do when a subrogation case involves states with conflicting statutes of limitations on […]
The opposing driver in your subrogation lawsuit asserts they are not liable for their role in the accident because of a sudden medical emergency. But what exactly does that mean? And how do you continue to pursue subrogation recovery? In the episode of On Subrogation: Sudden Medical Emergency below, subrogation attorney Jason Sullivan discusses how to argue against a sudden […]
In the above episode of On Subrogation: Act of God Defense, Rathbone Group attorney Jason Sullivan discusses the Act of God Defense. Most often seen in subrogation claims for property damage, this legal mechanism protects potential litigants from being held liable for damages that are caused by a force of nature outside of any person’s […]
In this episode of our educational video series, On Subrogation, Rathbone attorney Jason Sullivan guides us through the basics of the hearsay principle. This video is the first of our 3-episode series on handling hearsay in your subrogation cases. In this episode, Jason defines and outlines the concept of hearsay. What is hearsay? A rule […]
This article is a companion piece to this video Can You File a Subrogation Lawsuit Against the Government? What happens when the government causes damages or injury? If you have a subrogation claim arising from a governmental employee’s negligence, what can you do? This post outlines RG’s On Subrogation episode: Filing Claims Against State and Local Governments, where […]