To succeed in today’s legal environment, insurers must team up with lawyers with the drive and experience needed to win. Our subrogation attorneys have a long history and proven track record of successful recoveries under the most difficult of circumstances. In fact, Munck Wilson Mandala’s subrogation team has recovered over 50 million dollars for its clients in recent years. As a result, numerous carriers across the country have entrusted their largest and most important subrogation cases to Munck Wilson Mandala.
The subrogation attorneys at Munck Wilson Mandala have substantial experience in matters and issues regularly encountered in subrogation, such as:
- Fires and Explosions
- Construction Defects
- Industrial Equipment Failures
- Fire Spread Cases
- Building/Roof/Crane Collapses
- Geotechnical Failures
- Catastrophe Losses/Hurricanes
- Product Liability Matters
- Alarm/Security Cases
- Industrial Accidents
- Mold Litigation
- Electrical/Mechanical/Sprinkler System Failures
- Human Factors/Warnings Cases
While the firm has been flexible in employing alternative, hybrid and traditional hourly fee arrangements, most subrogation clients favor and refer cases based upon a contingency fee arrangement. In such matters, there is no fee for our work on a file that does not produce a recovery. Therefore, to maximize their recovery potential, most clients involve us in a loss from the very beginning — “before the embers get cold.” The Firm prides itself on its early investigation, evaluation, and prosecution of subrogation claims, where our attorneys may assist with, among other things:
- Protecting the integrity of the loss site and relevant evidence;
- Retaining proper and qualified experts;
- Early identification and notification of potential defendants;
- Coordinating and/or attending loss site inspections with the potential defendants;
- Identifying, handling, and preserving necessary evidence;
- Working with experts to ensure thorough analysis, proper evaluation of losses, and to exhaust and/or eliminate alternative theories;
- Protecting client privileges, including the confidentiality of investigative work conducted in anticipation of litigation; and
- Evaluating the subrogation potential and financial feasibility of pursuing subrogation for each loss, with a final written report analyzing the factual and legal issues involved.
Munck Wilson Mandala’s experience and comprehensive approach helps avoid common problems that may derail recovery efforts, such as spoliating important evidence, memorializing “bad” statements, generating weak expert reports, “first dollar out” disputes, and insured apathy.
Munck Wilson Mandala’s innovative solutions and zealous approach taps the full subrogation potential for every one of its clients’ large property losses. Our clients have come to expect nothing less.
