What We Do
Christy H. Schaefer Accomplishments:
Christy Schaefer speaks at NASP Conference on Worker Compensation issues
For the third consecutive year, Christy Schaefer, spoke on 'Recent Developments, Trends, and Decisions in Workers’ Compensation Subrogation” at the 2008 Annual Conference of the National Association of Subrogation Professionals in Hollywood, Florida.
Christy Schaefer obtains worker compensation subrogation recovery in excess of what client was entitled to under the Illinois statutory distribution scheme
Christy Schaefer successfully argued that our insurance client should not have to contribute toward costs associated with the injured worker’s unsuccessful and costly addition of a defendant, which was against our advice, and which she argued, represented more than 75% of the total costs of the prosecution. The end result was that our client ended up contributing only 25% towards fees and otherwise recovered roughly 120% of the statutorily recoverable lien.
Christy Schaefer obtains 100% Minnesota Reverse-Naig worker compensation settlement
An injured worker entered into a Naig settlement under Minnesota law leaving our insurance client in the unenviable position of independently litigating its worker’s compensation lien at its own expense. The defendant took an unreasonable settlement position knowing that our client would have to incur all fees and costs on its own. Despite the likelihood of the litigation costs and fees exceeding the lien amount, Christy took an aggressive strategy and provided defense counsel with a draft complaint, detailed analysis of the potential recovery of attorney fees and a 100% demand. Her efforts resulted in a 100% recovery for our client.
Christy Schaefer obtains six figure worker compensation settlement in New Mexico
An injured worker entered into a third-party settlement agreement and attempted to circumvent our insurance client’s worker compensation lien by ear-marking the settlement in satisfaction of only non-subrogable damages. After litigation before the New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration, Christy was able to settle this matter in excess of the Guitierrez distribution formula including only a nuisance contribution toward attorney’s fees and costs.
Christy Schaefer speaks at NASP Conference on Worker Compensation issues
Christy Schaefer obtains worker compensation subrogation recovery in excess of what client was entitled to under the Illinois statutory distribution scheme
Christy Schaefer obtains 100% Minnesota Reverse-Naig worker compensation settlement
Christy Schaefer obtains six figure worker compensation settlement in New Mexico