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Fire Subrogation
Sedgwick’s Fire Subrogation Practice is a nationally respected team of specialists in this field who focus on the defense of first-party claims involving arson, fraud and misrepresentation. Sedgwick lawyers have built strong relationships with fire investigators and scientists to provide the highest level of representation. This team of attorneys regularly investigates cause and origin, insurance applications and financial condition of the insured. Clients range from insurance providers to manufacturers to self-insured clients. During every step of the investigation and trial, Sedgwick attorneys provide our clients with beneficial advice, including:
Sedgwick’s Fire Subrogation Practice is a nationally respected team of specialists in this field who focus on the defense of first-party claims involving arson, fraud and misrepresentation. Sedgwick lawyers have built strong relationships with fire investigators and scientists to provide the highest level of representation. This team of attorneys regularly investigates cause and origin, insurance applications and financial condition of the insured. Clients range from insurance providers to manufacturers to self-insured clients. During every step of the investigation and trial, Sedgwick attorneys provide our clients with beneficial advice, including:
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Retention of experts.
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Preventing or advocating for spoliation sanctions for the destruction of evidence.
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Presenting or defending fire cause, origin and spread theories at trial.
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Cause and origin investigation of the fire scene.
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Defending or examining fire experts at discovery depositions or trial.
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Analyzing and advocating evidentiary issues, such as admissibility of fire experts' testimony.
Detailed Investigations
When faced with large-scale fire damage, Sedgwick attorneys take a pragmatic approach. Our attorneys have comprehensive knowledge of formalized fire investigation procedures (NFPA 921) that have been developed over time, as well as of the new strenuous requirements for admissibility of expert testimony under Daubert and Frye/Mack, and of the full specter of spoliation sanctions.
Representing the nation’s largest insurance companies in cases tried from coast to coast, our unparalleled knowledge is routinely tested and proven. We act quickly and thoroughly to provide successful subrogation recovery during a variety of unanticipated events.
Areas of Expertise
Industrial Fires
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Roof Collapses
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Refinery Failures
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Rack Collapses
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Power Surges
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Well Blowouts
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Process Upsets
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Distillation Towers
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Power Interruptions
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Oilfield Accidents
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Chemical Spills
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Ballast Cases
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Turbine Losses
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Oxygen Compressors
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Heat Tape Fires
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Natural Gas Compressors
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Valve Failures
Commercial Fires
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Natural Disasters
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Lightning Damage Cases
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Natural Gas Leaks
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Wind Damage Cases
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Water Damage Cases
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Mold Claims
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Fire Spread Cases
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Gas Explosions
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"CAT" Losses
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Pipe Sweating Fires
Sedgwick’s Fire Subrogation Practice is a nationally respected team of specialists in this field who focus on the defense of first-party claims involving arson, fraud and misrepresentation. Sedgwick lawyers have built strong relationships with fire investigators and scientists to provide the highest level of representation. This team of attorneys regularly investigates cause and origin, insurance applications and financial condition of the insured. Clients range from insurance providers to manufacturers to self-insured clients. During every step of the investigation and trial, Sedgwick attorneys provide our clients with beneficial advice, including:
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Retention of experts.
-
Preventing or advocating for spoliation sanctions for the destruction of evidence.
-
Presenting or defending fire cause, origin and spread theories at trial.
-
Cause and origin investigation of the fire scene.
-
Defending or examining fire experts at discovery depositions or trial.
-
Analyzing and advocating evidentiary issues, such as admissibility of fire experts' testimony.
Detailed Investigations
When faced with large-scale fire damage, Sedgwick attorneys take a pragmatic approach. Our attorneys have comprehensive knowledge of formalized fire investigation procedures (NFPA 921) that have been developed over time, as well as of the new strenuous requirements for admissibility of expert testimony under Daubert and Frye/Mack, and of the full specter of spoliation sanctions.
Representing the nation’s largest insurance companies in cases tried from coast to coast, our unparalleled knowledge is routinely tested and proven. We act quickly and thoroughly to provide successful subrogation recovery during a variety of unanticipated events.
Areas of Expertise
Industrial Fires
-
Roof Collapses
-
Refinery Failures
-
Rack Collapses
-
Power Surges
-
Well Blowouts
-
Process Upsets
-
Distillation Towers
-
Power Interruptions
-
Oilfield Accidents
-
Chemical Spills
-
Ballast Cases
-
Turbine Losses
-
Oxygen Compressors
-
Heat Tape Fires
-
Natural Gas Compressors
-
Valve Failures
Commercial Fires
-
Natural Disasters
-
Lightning Damage Cases
-
Natural Gas Leaks
-
Wind Damage Cases
-
Water Damage Cases
-
Mold Claims
-
Fire Spread Cases
-
Gas Explosions
-
"CAT" Losses
-
Pipe Sweating Fires
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