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Alexander v. Duong, 2026 WL 3133822 (Okla. 2026) For workers’ compensation carriers, the death of an employee in an accident caused by a negligent third party can produce a particularly frustrating result. This is true in many states. The carrier must pay statutory death benefits to the employee’s dependents, while those same dependents may pursue…
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New California decision illustrates why protecting a workers’ compensation lien—and the equally valuable future credit—often requires more than simply notifying the parties of the carrier’s interest. Workers’ compensation subrogation is one of the few areas of insurance recovery in which a carrier can have a perfectly valid statutory right to reimbursement and still walk away…
DetailsWoller v. Scottsdale Ins. Co., No. 2024AP500 (Wis. Ct. App. Sept. 29, 2026) (unpublished). In May 2022, 14-year-old Landen Klockziem’s parents let him drive their International 656 tractor approximately 15 miles to school. In the parking lot, he ran over a fellow student’s foot. That student sued and named Scottsdale Insurance, who had issued a…
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Laurel Hill Mgmt. Servs. v. La-Z-Boy Inc., 25-1727 (6th Cir. Aug. 19, 2026). Cent. States v. McClain, 25-2727 (7th Cir. Aug. 26, 2026) ERISA preemption is one of the golden tickets in health subrogation. It is this concept that allows ERISA plans to escape the confines of state-law anti-subrogation rules like made whole and common…
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