NLdH's Workers' Compensation Subrogation Group is comprised of attorneys dedicated solely to workers' compensation subrogation who are uniquely experienced with such issues. Clients rely on our specialized knowledge of workers' compensation recovery laws across the 50 states as well as our extensive experience in worksite safety issues and product safety engineering. Our understanding of the issues and legal intricacies has enabled clients to significantly increase recoveries related to workers' compensation subrogation issues.
NLdH attorneys fully appreciate our clients' objective to recover expenses associated with workplace incidents in a cost effective manner. We have applied our unique understanding of the risks associated with workplace accidents to develop a comprehensive training program designed to provide clients with advice to help them achieve such goals.
Asking the right questions when an accident happens can play a crucial role in the outcome of a case. Our attorneys are often actively involved in accident investigations from the onset, allowing us to fully understand the circumstances of the accident, retain appropriate experts to conduct on-site investigations, and ensure that the evidence necessary to prosecute a case is properly preserved. Such quick response efforts have allowed our clients to obtain recoveries that would have otherwise been unidentified or lost.
NLdH attorneys have been called upon by clients to handle multi-million-dollar losses in venues throughout the country. By employing an aggressive approach and applying our particular expertise, our worker's compensation subrogation lawyers have achieved substantial recoveries across a broad range of industries and products.
We have represented clients in a number of cases involving significant catastrophic losses, including:
- Phoenix, AZ - Truck roof-crush accident resulting in quadriplegia of a driver. Pending litigation.
- Nashville, TN - Fire in dust-collection system resulting in third-degree burns over 40% of a worker's body. Pending litigation.
- Lancaster, PA - Farm machinery accident involving arm amputation. Pending litigation.
- South Bend, IN - Small plane accident involving four co-employee fatalities. Confidential settlement.
- Trenton, NJ - Forklift accident resulting in permanent employee disability. Confidential settlement.
- Pittsburgh, PA - Fall from scaffold with multiple traumatic injuries. Trial resulting in judgment in excess of $1,000,000.
- McConnellsburg, PA - Industrial machine accident involving the permanent loss of use of the right hand. Confidential settlement.
- Philadelphia, PA - Construction site accident involving a fall through the side of a building wall that resulted in several fractured vertebrae. Confidential settlement.
- Gettysburg, PA - Truck rollover accident involving roadway design issues that resulted in serious injuries to the driver. Confidential settlement.
- Lewisburg, PA - Forklift tip-over accident resulting in a fatality. Confidential settlement.
- Charleston, SC - Fall down stairs. $700,000 recovery.
- Boston, MA - Fall on debris at construction site. Confidential settlement.
- Des Moines, IA - High-voltage overhead power line electrocution. Confidential settlement.
NLdH's attorneys are nationally recognized for our vast knowledge and solid command of workers' compensation subrogation issues. Not only are we frequently invited to speak at conferences, including the National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) and ExecuSummit, we also regularly contribute authoritative articles to industry publications.
In addition to traditional workers' compensation subrogation issues, NLdH also represents insurance clients in disputes relating to the proper allocation of recovery funds between injured workers and insurance carriers.
