Conducting subrogation investigations is a balancing act.  The need to move quickly to accommodate mitigation and repairs is balanced against the need for a proper and thorough investigation to ensure subrogation rights are preserved.  Retaining experts and consultants, identifying potential interested parties and adverse parties, sending notices, and accommodating schedules of all those involved takes...

Establishing the cause of a fire through the process of elimination has been a hot topic in recent years, both among subrogation professionals as well as inside the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).  In 2011, NFPA explicitly rejected negative corpus as a reliable methodology in fire investigation.  Specifically, NFPA 921-18.6.5 (2011) provided: Inappropriate Use of...