The annual NASP conference is taking place in Las Vegas this year, November 11th through the 14th. To learn more about the upcoming subrogation conference click here.
Don’ miss out, check out the NASP website for information on booking and sponsorship.
Upcoming NASP Events
There are some great events coming up for NASP members who are eager to sharpen their subro skills. We have compiled some links to the flyers for you below if the webinar or event interests you:
- August 15, 2012 – Exploring the Fiduciary Duties of Plan Administrators Flyer
- August 27, 2012 – The Subrogation Professional’s Guide to Workers’ Compensation Subrogation (Young Professionals Committee – Introductory Level Webinar) Flyer
- August 28, 2012 – End-of-Life Product Liability Losses and Recovery Opportunites Flyer
- August 29, 2012 – How process improvements can increase subrogation recoveries Flyer
- August 30, 2012 – Subrogating Farm Machinery Losses Flyer
- September 04, 2012 – Healthcare Subrogation Law Update Details Coming Soon
- September 11, 2012 – The Past, Present and Future of Using the Process of Elimination Methodology to Prove the Cause of a Fire. Flyer
- September 12 – November 7, 2012 – CSRP Webinar Series Flyer
- September 13, 2012 – Pressurized Tank Explosions Flyer
- September 26, 2012 – Alternative Dispute Resolution – Litigation is not always the only option Flyer
National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP)
Press Release from NASP Amicus Committee:
CGI v. Rose
Last year, NASP authored an amicus brief before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals supporting the plan in CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc. v. Rose. Today, the Ninth Circuit release a decision in that case which is adverse to the subrogation industry. Specifically, the Ninth Circuit held that district courts could refuse to enforce clear plan language of an ERISA plan if it determined that enforcement of the language was not appropriate under the circumstances. In the Rose case, the Ninth Circuit remanded the case back to the district court to determine whether it was “appropriate” to enforce language that clearly disavowed the make-whole doctrine.
In issuing its opinion, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals adopted the rationale used by the Third Circuit in US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen, 663 F.3d 671 (3rdCir. 2011). US Airways filed a petition for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court on the McCutchen case. NASP (along with SIIA and the Western Pennsylvania Teamsters) authored an amicus brief supporting the petition. Coincidentally, the Supreme Court is scheduled to conference that petition tomorrow. As such, we should know soon whether the Supreme Court will review the issue addressed in the McCutchen and Rose cases.
Kammy Poff, Amicus Committee Chair
Joseph Willis, Legislative Affairs, Chair