Weber Gallagher has a broad subrogation practice with decades of experience in the industry. Managing partner, Travis L. McElhaney, oversees Weber Gallagher’s full-service subrogation team. The team can meet all of the client’s subrogation needs, from small automobile property claims to major catastrophic losses.
What sets our practice apart from other firms is a uniform diligence to all cases from small auto claims with uninsured responsible parties to large, multi-million-dollar commercial fire losses. At the forefront is not only a desire to maximize recovery, but an appreciation for the requirements and pressures of the client. The attorneys of our firm have a unified philosophy that service to the client comes first. We develop and tailor all programs to the clients’ needs. Our goal is to be an extension of our clients’ subrogation team, and to form a partnership clients can rely on to meet all of their subrogation objectives.
Weber Gallagher maintains a thriving automobile subrogation practice, representing some of the nation’s largest automobile and personal line carriers. We represent clients throughout the region, with cases in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Illinois. All cases are managed by our team of subrogation professionals in Pittsburgh, where we have a sophisticated and secure process of accurately and effectively processing the cases. We utilize a “hub and spokes” model for subrogation file management as it provides the client with the simplicity and ease of a single point of contact on all matters with the firm and ensures a uniform approach, effective oversight, and allocation of work within the firm. Adapting to the nuances of various jurisdictions and client needs, our automobile subrogation team successfully pursues property damage, PIP and med pay, uninsured/underinsured motorist, overpayment/unjust enrichment claims, and more. We understand the complicated intricacies of multi-jurisdictional claims and have familiarity with the local procedures of all the counties we service.
In addition to traditional automobile subrogation, we also often assist self-insured clients in seeking recovery of their damage claims from responsible parties. Clients in the trucking, transportation, and logistics industry are often self-insured for damage to their fleet. We work closely with those clients to pursue responsible parties for reimbursement of incurred damages, including physical damage to our client’s vehicles, cargo losses, downtime claims, and more.
Weber Gallagher’s property subrogation practice emphasizes prompt and accurate investigation and analysis of losses for subrogation potential, including onsite investigation by the firm’s attorneys. Our practice provides for the retention and management of forensic experts, conducting technical and legal research, ensuring the proper preservation of evidence, coordinating the inspection of loss sites and evidence by adverse parties and their representatives and prosecution of the claim through the federal and state court systems.
Our subrogation recoveries arise from all varieties of casualties, including fires, explosions, structural collapses, machinery or equipment failures, gas and water leaks, windstorms, dangerous and defective consumer products and more.
Our early response team works with clients from the inception of a claim, often within hours or days of the event, enabling us to coordinate a comprehensive, accurate and cost-efficient investigation of the cause of the loss and potential third-party responsibility. The sooner our firm is brought into the picture, the more our attorneys can help.
The advantages to having an attorney engaged early in large loss events are numerous, including ensuring accurate identification (or elimination) of theories of potential liability, avoiding pitfalls related to spoliation of evidence, and allowing the client’s adjustor to focus their attention on their primary objective – servicing the insured.
Weber Gallagher has long been distinguished as one of the region’s top workers’ compensation law firms. Our recognition in the field includes being named in Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year by U.S. News and World Report, and other prestigious directories. Additionally, our lawyers have written books and guides utilized by lawyers throughout the region. Subrogation for workers’ compensation benefits is often heavily dictated by state-specific statute and, by combining the experience and knowledge of our workers’ compensation attorneys, we ensure the client’s rights will be protected to maximize recovery of the workers’ compensation subrogation claim.
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