If you're an insurer who wants to make money, knowing the definition of subrogation will help. "The Subrogation Definition" may sound like the title of an episode of "The Big Bang Theory," but it's a ...

Subrogation is a well-known principle of insurance law, which also affects real estate. It means that an insurer who has settled a claim may then “step into the shoes” of the insured and try to ...

Subrogation is a fundamental concept in insurance that allows an insurance company to step into the shoes of the insured after a loss and seek recovery from a third party that caused the damage.

A claim in tort is properly commenced in accordance with the lex loci delicti commissi, Latin for “law of the place where the delict [tort] was committed.” But in automobile accident claims, the laws ...

Every now and again, I have to remind myself — or be reminded by a client — that not everyone speaks “law.” What are familiar terms to lawyers aren’t necessarily so to those in other walks of life. I ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that New York’s anti-subrogation statute, N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law § 5-335(a), applies both to “offsets” for prospective benefit payments and to ...

In June 2025, the Western Cape Court handed down a judgment on subrogation that changes established legal principles and settled practice. The court held that an insurer exercising its subrogation ...

"The Court reasoned that subrogation, by definition, requires that the subrogee obtain the right to proceed against a third party and that the non-duplication provision provided no such right.

The Commonwealth Court has ruled that a self-insured workers’ compensation trust cannot subrogate an injured police officer’s recovery in a lawsuit against the motorist who injured him. In doing so, ...

"The Subrogation Definition" may sound like the title of an episode of "The Big Bang Theory," but it's a term that gives many insurers great relief. Here's a definition of subrogation, fromWest's ...