Subro on the Go

In this episode of “Subro on the Go,” regular co-hosts, David Brisco (San Diego) and Joe Rich (Miami) are joined by their partners, Phil Carroll (Salt Lake City) and Phil Berens (LA), to continue the Back-to-Basics Series and discuss demand packages. Now that the investigation is over and you are ready to make a demand on the responsible party, how should you structure and prepare your demand? Our...

In this episode of Subro on the Go, regular co-hosts, David Brisco (San Diego) and Joe Rich (Miami) are joined by Andrew Dorr (San Diego) and Jermaine Lee (Miami) to continue our 2026 Back to Basics series where we are covering the key steps of handling a subrogation case, start to finish. In this initial episode, we discuss the challenges that can arise in joint scene and evidence examinations, a...

In this episode of Subro on the Go, regular co-hosts, David Brisco (San Diego) and Joe Rich (Miami) are joined by Joseph Duque (San Diego) to commence our Back to Basic series. In 2026 we are covering the key steps of handling a subrogation case, start to finish. In this initial episode, we discuss the most important tasks upon receipt of a new loss, how to choose the right expert, and what to inc...

In this episode of Subro on the Go, regular co-hosts, David Brisco (San Diego) and Joe Rich (Miami) are joined by Michael O’Donnell (Philadelphia) and Ben Migliorino (Denver) to discuss tips on maximizing recoveries in the 4th quarter. Just as a sports game heats up in the 4th quarter, so does the subrogation industry. More specifically, the strategy your team is playing for the first part of the...

In this episode of Subro on the Go, regular co-hosts, David Brisco (San Diego) and Joe Rich (Miami) are joined by Virginia Markovich (New York) and Kris Cherevas (San Diego) to discuss the unique issues that can arise when pursuing subrogation on claims involving high profile insureds. Whether your insured is a celebrity, public figure, or other high-profile individual, you often will have to work...

In this episode of Subro on the Go, regular co-hosts, David Brisco (San Diego) and Joe Rich (Miami) are joined by Jerry Nolan, Co-Director of National Subrogation Services (“NSS”), to discuss and celebrate NSS’s 25th Anniversary. The co-hosts and Jerry discuss the history of NSS, how the industry has changed and what NSS sees on the horizon for the subrogation industry. And, as with the latest ser...

It’s that time of year again and you’ve got to get your holiday movie queue in your streaming services ready to go for the next month. As subrogation professionals, we might love holiday movies, but we do not necessarily enjoy them the same way as everyone else. Our subrogation instincts often kick in when watching holiday flicks filled with injuries, accidents, fires and all sorts of property dam...

Location, location, location! The viability of a subrogation case will vary depending on the loss location. The combination of law and fact in one state can yield subrogation potential, whereas in another that mix can be detrimental. Each State has varying rules that impact subrogation potential, including statutes of limitations, comparative fault rules, and requirements for pursuing products cla...

The viability of a subrogation case will vary depending on the loss location and the facts. The combination of law and fact in one state can yield subrogation potential, whereas in another that mix can be detrimental. Each of the States have varying rules that impact subrogation potential, including statutes of limitations, comparative fault, and requirements for pursuing products claims. It there...

Subrogation professionals who handle losses in multiple states know that the viability of a subrogation case will vary depending on the loss location. The facts of a particular incident may have subrogation potential in one state, but not in another, as each state has varying rules that impact subrogation potential, including statutes of repose, comparative fault, and malfunction theory. As a resu...

Happy New Year to all of our fellow subrogation friends! Many of us use the start of the New Year to create personal New Year’s Resolutions. These resolutions are not limited to our personal lives. In this episode of Subro on the Go, regular co-hosts David Brisco and Joe Rich are joined by subrogation attorneys Dana Meyers and Michael O’Donnell to discuss Subrogation New Year’s Resolutions. The te...

It’s that time of the year again! As the MLB World Series is underway, subrogation professionals are also gearing up for their own playoff run to reach their year-end goals, getting ready for end of the year mediations and looking to resolve those lingering pre-litigation cases with outstanding demands. In this episode, co-hosts Joe Rich (Miami) and David Brisco (San Diego) are joined by Howard Ma...

What is the day to day practice of subrogation going to look like in 5-6 years, or better yet, 5-6 months? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is hitting the world by storm, with all industries working to determine the role AI will play. For the subrogation industry, technology has played an ever-increasing role over the last decade. Remote communication applications, predictive analytics and bots runnin...

In the first quarter of 2023, the Florida Legislature made three major changes to the Statute of Limitations for negligence claims, comparative fault rules in negligence cases, and the Statute of Repose for improvements to real property. In this episode, David Brisco (San Diego) interviews his regular co-host, Joe Rich (Miami), and the Chair of the Firm’s Southeast Subrogation Region, Joshua Goodm...

Subrogation involving horses? Yes, this is a real thing. In this episode, regular co-hosts, David Brisco (San Diego) and Joe Rich (Miami), are joined by their partner, Suzanne Radcliff (Dallas), who provides an overview of this niche area of subrogation to listeners. In addition to some bad horse jokes from the co-hosts, Suzanne, who is a former competitive Equestrian with both personal and profes...

Do not let your subro claim blow up in your face! Subro professionals who have handled large explosion fires know firsthand that large explosion cases are complex, with significant hurdles to fully process. In this episode of Subro on the Go, regular co-hosts Joe Rich and David Brisco are joined by their colleague Jake Skaggs, an experienced litigator of subrogation explosion cases. Skaggs provide...

Whether it is a turkey fryer that causes an unexpected cooking fire, or mishaps with trees and decorations that make the holidays literally go up in smoke, holiday related losses are common for subrogation professionals this time of year. So while it is the season to be joyful and hum along with the Beach Boys’ Little Saint Nick, it is also the season for unusual loss scenarios that require creati...

In our current episode, co-host, Joe Rich, speaks with some of our Canadian Litigators about the differences in pursuing subrogation claims in Canada versus the U.S. Joe is joined by Pamela Pengelley, Office Managing Counsel of our Firm’s Toronto Office, and David Huard, Office Managing Counsel for our Quebec Office, to discuss topics such as how subrogation rights arise in Canadian property losse...

Time is money in the subrogation industry. And knowing the timeframes of when you can pursue recovery claims is an important first step in evaluating your case, including determining the scope of your early investigation. Whether you can or cannot bring a claim due to a pre-determined timeframe set by a specific statute is often the most critical first question to be considered in a subrogation ca...

In the latest episode, co-hosts, David Brisco and Joe Rich, are joined by Dan D’Imperio, Co-Director of National Subrogation Services, to discuss the role of Predictive Analytics in the subrogation industry. Like in Back to the Future when Doc. Brown shows up at the end of the movie with a revamped flying DeLorean, the subrogation industry no longer needs to use traditional roads to review a high...

It’s been two years since COVID-19 not only radically changed our daily lives but altered how recovery professionals approach litigating claims. Yes, two years have passed! In the first few months of the pandemic, courts, litigators and recovery professionals quickly adapted to use readily available remote tools like Zoom, Teams and other platforms to keep cases going, hold hearings, participate i...

Have you ever had a subro attorney tell you that you should file your case in state court versus federal court, or vice versa, and wondered, what’s the difference? Why would I want to be in one court versus another? In this episode of Cozen O’Connor’s Subro on the Go podcast, David Brisco is joined by a panel of subro attorneys, Gil Hernandez, Erick Kirker, and Virginia Markovich, to discuss how c...

COGSA, Carmack, Allisons, and Himalaya Clause. These terms may not mean much for a traditional property subrogation professional, but if you are going to diversify into the world of ocean marine and inland marine subro, then these are a few of the many terms you will need to become familiar with. In this episode of Cozen O’Connor’s Subro on the Go podcast, hosts Joe Rich and David Brisco are joine...

Every subrogation case is, at its heart, a story about a loss event. As subrogation professionals, we endeavor to tell a story of the loss event and resulting damages in the most effective way possible, using photos and videos as our tools to explain liability and damages issues. Ultimately, we use our story as a way to persuade an opponent, mediator or jury that we are owed a recovery. In this po...

Smart smoke detectors, vehicle data on key fobs, and geofencing are just a few of the new internet of things technologies emerging today. Subrogation professionals need to be aware of this ever-growing industry, including what new sources of data it provides to the subro investigation and what new types of claims may arise. In this episode of Cozen O’Connor’s Subro on the Go podcast, hosts Joe Ric...