Subro on the Go

Government tort claims come in a variety of shapes and sizes – broken city water main floods, bridge collapses, dam failures, government vehicles crashing into your insured’s building, etc. And just as the types of losses vary, so do the requirements regarding both placing the government entity on notice and tort cap on your recovery. In this episode, Cozen O’Connor Subro on the Go hosts Joe Rich...

Do you have a subro question that you are anxious to ask? Then welcome to Subro Mailbag. In this episode, Cozen O’Connor Subro on the Go hosts David Brisco and Joe Rich read and answer questions from our podcast listeners on a variety of subro topics. How do you describe subrogation to friends and family? How do you deal with a defense that will not pay on a clear liability case? These and many mo...

Will any expert do? Choosing the right expert is one of the most important decisions to be made in a subrogation investigation. Asking the question of whether an expert is required for your claim is easy; answering the question requires thinking about several complex factors. In this episode, Cozen O’Connor subrogation attorneys David Brisco, Joe Rich and Suzanne Radcliff discuss key consideration...

Wildfires continue to be national front-page news, be it the destruction caused by the fires themselves or the litigation that lasts for years after the fire has been suppressed. In the latest “Subro on the Go” podcast episode, hosts Joe Rich and David Brisco are joined by Howard Maycon, lead counsel for the subrogation industry in almost all of the major California wildfires, to discuss one aspec...

While politicians may be more interested in whether a state is a Blue State or Red State, subrogation professionals want to know if a state is what we refer to as a “Good State or Bad State” based on its comparative fault laws. Are you a Bad State where a certain level of fault of your insured will entirely bar your subrogation claim? Or are you a Good State where your subrogation claim is simply...

One of the marks of a successful subrogation professional is knowing that line between a case being a closer versus having recovery potential. In this episode of Subro on the Go, David Brisco, Kris Cherevas, and Dana Meyers discuss challenging claims case examples and the important rules and guidelines that help subro specialists determine if a case has recovery potential.

The cause of plumbing component losses is not always readily apparent during an initial investigation. In this episode of Subro on the Go, Joe Rich, Cheri MacArthur and Phil Carroll discuss the ABCs of how plastic and brass plumbing products fail from materials defects and fabrication issues and the key failure types to keep in mind during your investigation of these sometimes hidden failures.

In the world of subrogation, agreeing on the amount of a settlement is only half the battle. In this episode of Subro on the Go, hosts Joe Rich and David Brisco discuss the various settlement snags that arise at the settlement agreement stage of a subrogation case and how to resolve them.