Workers' Compensation Subrogation In All 50 States - 4th Edition [Hardcover]

Gary Wickert (Author, Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1578232570 | ISBN-13: 978-1578232574 | Publication Date: May 1, 2009 | Edition: 4th

This book is a primer on multi-state workers compensation subrogation. While it is useful as a reference tool for any claims handler responsible for subrogation activity, it is intended primarily for those attorneys, claims handlers and claim supervisors who have responsibilities for subrogating in multiple states. Chapters 1 through 8 serve as an introduction to workers compensation subrogation and help explain many of the concepts and issues which need to be addressed in subrogating workers compensation claims in all 50 states. The author has chosen the laws of Texas, and a few other states, to exemplify the many issues and practical applications involving workers compensation subrogation. This is primarily because Texas workers' compensation subrogation law is fairly well developed in almost every area addressed in this book, and contains provisions fairly typical of those found in the statutes of many states.

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.

"The book is the bible on workers' compensation subrogation - regardless of which state the claim is in." --- Paul Webb, Claims Specialist, Latitude Claims Services, Inc., Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

"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 and former Board Member of the National Association of Subrogation Professionals, Cleveland, Ohio

"Workers' Compensation Subrogation In All 50 States provides an invaluable tool for the subrogation professional in one handy source. The compilation of this material was a Herculean effort on Attorney Gary Wickert's part, and the insurance industry is indebted to him for leading the charge in protecting and enforcing carrier's rights in this one time underutilized area of claims handling. I highly recommend Attorney Gary Wickert's book and counsel to all workers' compensation adjusters and claims managers interested in maximizing subrogation recoveries in each state they write business." --- Bill Gray, GUARD Insurance Group, Home Office Claims Analyst/Specialist, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

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 the author of several subrogation books and legal treatises and is a national and international speaker and lecturer on subrogation and motivational topics. Mr. Wickert is also a politician in Wisconsin, serving his fourth term as Town 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., he returned to his native Wisconsin in 1998 and co-founded the firm of Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. He oversees a National Recovery Program which includes a network of nearly 300 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 250 insurance companies. Gary Wickert is also a commercial fiction author and his latest political thriller, Dark Redemption (Tudor Publishers), is available on Amazon.com.

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 nationally certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA), 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 nearly twenty-five years, he has also served as an expert witness 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 is one of only a few lawyers to have ever represented a client before the United States Supreme Court on a subrogation issue, and was named one of Law & Politics and Milwaukee Super Lawyers magazine s Super Lawyers for 2005, 2006, and 2008. For a complete resume on Gary L. Wickert, see Appendix A-13 of this book.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1428 pages
• Publisher: Juris Publishing, Inc.; 4th edition (May 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578232570
• ISBN-13: 978-1578232574
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 2.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,885,144 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)