Auto Torts Related Links
Property Damage
Liens, subrogation, reimbursement claims, and other forms of bloodsucking
- Subrogation in Personal
Injury Cases (primary focus on Wisconsin law, but it's still informative)
ERISA
- FreeERISA.com
- ERISA Litigation Review
- Welfare Benefit Funds
and Subrogation for Partial Settlements
- Healthcare Recoveries
- Benjamin W. Glass,
III & Associates: Document Sharing (contains several documents pertaining
to ERISA)
- ERISA pre-empts state anti-reimbursement laws and regulations: FMC Corp.
v. Holliday, 498 U.S. 52 (1990)
- However, claims by ERISA plans for reimbursement against plan participants
and their tort recoveries are claims for legal relief and cannot by brought
under ERISA, which only authorizes claims for legal relief: Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. et al. v.
Knudson et al. (January 8, 2002)
- Great-West never seems to learn -- they sue a participant's attorney
and lose: Great-West
Life & Annuity Insurance Company v. Bullock et al., 5:01-CV-658-H(3) (E.D.N.C.
February 28, 2002)
- The Supercenter Strikes Back: ACOT
Walmart, Inc. AWBP v. Clara Varco and Laurence Dunford, 01 C 8277 (N.D. Ill.
January 14, 2002)
- But the Forces of Darkness do not prevail for long -- a state law
action at law for money damages by an ERISA plan against a plan participant
is pre-empted by ERISA: Providence
Health Plan v. McDowell, 01-1704-JE (D. Or. January 28, 2002)
- Chalk up another victory for the good guys against the Forces of Darkness:
Westaff (USA) Inc. v. Arce, CV-99-01222-MS (9th
Cir. August 15, 2002)
Medicare
Highway Safety
Chiropractic
Trucking Safety
Internet Focus Group Services: Focus your case with the
help of the Internet and its denizens
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Will's Recommended North Carolina Mediators
ADR Organizations