Workers' Compensation Subrogation In All 50 States - 3rd Edition [Hardcover]

Gary Wickert (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1578232279 | ISBN-13: 978-1578232277 | Publication Date: July 1, 2007 | Edition: 3rd

The Third Edition of Workers' Compensation Subrogation In All 50 States is the most expansive and thorough edition yet. For the first time, the book includes the actual full text of the relevant workers' compensation statutes of all 50 states. A more comprehensive treatment of extra-territorial subrogation law and statutory employer/borrowed servant issues has been included in the new edition as well. A few states have completely revised and amended statutes dealing with workers' compensation subrogation, and a full treatment of all such new legislation - including pending legislation - has been included in the book. Some examples of changes in the law reflected in the Third Edition include Arizona, one of many states which has made substantive amendments to their workers' compensation statute, and Alabama, which had a significant Supreme Court decision dealing with a workers' compensation carrier's subrogation/reimbursement rights. Finally, we have added hundreds of new state and federal decisions - both reported and unreported - making the Third Edition the ultimate resource and training tool for subrogation professionals with any responsibility for workers' compensation subrogation. Workers Compensation Subrogation is the most complete and thorough treatise covering workers compensation subrogation ever published. There are very few areas in which the laws of each state vary more and are applied as differently, then in the area of workers compensation subrogation. This book is intended to introduce the workers compensation claims handler, in-house counsel, and subrogation professionals to some of the esoteric a more complex subrogation issues encountered in today s workers compensation insurance subrogation marketplace. In addition to being a excellent primer on workers compensation subrogation, suitable for both the new subrogation professional and the seasoned veteran. The book also contains a detailed synopsis of the workers compensation subrogation laws in each of the 50 states. It is a must for anyone with multi-state subrogation responsibilities. Complete with diagrams, references and thousands of footnotes, this is the most ambitious workers compensation subrogation project ever undertaken.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book fills a long-standing need for a complete treatise covering this confusing subject across the country. Gary Wickert is clearly the country s leading authority on nationwide workers compensation subrogation. --Loren Smith, Kelly & Smith, P.C., Houston, Texas

Regardless of which state you handle claims in, if you have workers compensation subrogation responsibilities - you need this book! --Jennifer Williams, Claims Service Consultant, The Hartford, Orlando, Florida

When our own state s workers compensation statute came under attack, Gary Wickert was the first person we turned to for information and experience as to how other state s statutes handled the same issues. This book in invaluable for subrogation lawyers and insurance subrogation professionals. --Dave Matejczyk, Vozar, Roberts & Matejczyk Co., L.P.A., Subrogation Lawyer

About the Author

Gary Wickert is an insurance trial lawyer and is regarded as one of the world s leading experts on insurance subrogation. He is also the author of several subrogation books and legal treatises and is a national and international speaker and lecturer on subrogation and motivational topics. He is also a published commercial fiction author ( Dark Redemption at Amazon.com) and a politician in Wisconsin, recently elected to and serving his third term as Supervisor in the Township of Cedarburg. After 15 years as the youngest managing partner in the history of the 30-lawyer Houston law firm of Hughes, Watters & Askanase, L.L.P., Mr. Wickert returned to his native Wisconsin in 1998 and co-founded the subrogation firm of Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. He oversees a National Recovery Program which includes a network of nearly 285 contracted subrogation law firms in all 50 states, Mexico, Canada and the United Kingdom and boasts recoveries of more than $500 million in recoveries and credits for more than 200 insurance companies. Licensed in both Texas and Wisconsin, Mr. Wickert is double board-certified in both personal injury law and civil trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is also certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, for whom he has both written and graded the product liability questions contained on the NBTA national certification exam taken by trial lawyers around the country. For 25 years, Mr. Wickert has served as an expert witness and insurance consultant on subrogation and insurance related issues and has been consulted by insurance carriers, lawyers, and legislative bodies from several states. He is a licensed arbitrator and has attended more than 750 mediations in more than 30 different states. He has represented subrogated insurance carriers in every state, and has been admitted pro hac vice in 17 states. Gary Wickert has worked with the Texas Legislative Oversight Committee in rewriting their workers compensation subrogation statutes, has served on the Board of the National Association of Subrogation Professionals, and has been cited as an authority on workers compensation subrogation by several appellate courts, including the Texas Court of Appeals. He is one of only a few lawyers to have ever represented a subrogated carrier before the United States Supreme Court, and was named as one of Law & Politics magazine s Super Lawyers for 2005, 2006, and 2007.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1294 pages
• Publisher: Juris Publlishing, Inc.; 3rd edition (July 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578232279
• ISBN-13: 978-1578232277
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,811,718 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)