Month

September 2009
As subrogation professionals, we see spoliation of evidence typically used as a defense by defendants who claim they did not get a chance to examine certain evidence. But sometimes we face the problem of a third party, sometimes the insured or its public adjuster or sometimes another insurance carrier, that is blocking access to evidence...
Unlike in the United States, one of the most frustrating problems for subrogators in England is that they are not able to obtain a third party’s insurance policy in order to ascertain how deep their opponents pockets are before pursuing a recovery action.  This tactical advantage was effectively nailed closed (for now) following the court’s decision in...