In Wisconsin, the Exclusive Remedy Rule, which prevents an employee from suing his employer in tort, isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. On January 6, 2018, in Rivera v. Alpine Insulation and West Bend Mutual Ins. Co., 2018 WL 334447 (Wis. App. 2018), the Wisconsin Court of Appeals held a temporary employee on loan to a special employer can either file a workers’ comp claim or file a third-party tort suit against the special employer.

Even seasoned subrogation professionals can overlook these key elements when investigating the recovery of a property damage claim due to a “frozen” pipe. Do not give these claims the cold shoulder, and you could receive a warm response to your subrogation inquiries.

On January 26, 2018, the Texas Supreme Court refused to review the July 14, 2016 decision by the Texas Court of Appeals in Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania v. Roberts. Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer had filed an amicus brief on behalf of the National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) in the case. This establishes the Court of Appeal’s decision as good law and will serve as a boon to Texas workers’ compensation subrogation efforts despite the presence of waiver of subrogation endorsements.