Originally from Automobile
Insurance Subrogation in All 50 States – Third Edition
Chapter 5 surveys the license suspension laws, regulations, and procedures
of all 51 jurisdictions and is an invaluable resource for subrogation
professionals looking to suspend the license of an uninsured tortfeasor. This
book is not a book on collection of judgments and debts. However, in light of
the high percentages of uninsured drivers in the United States, no book on
automobile insurance would be complete without at least a cursory treatment of
suspending drivers’ licenses as a collection tool. Each state treats
differently the suspension of a driver’s license as a consequence of being
involved in an at-fault accident without proper liability insurance. The wide
variety of approaches is, in part, due to the philosophically different
approaches to the subject of whether driving is a right or a privilege. This
chapter sets forth each state’s laws dealing with administrative license
suspensions, whether or not the state allows a subrogated carrier to initiate
and/or request a suspension, and the procedure for suspending a license when
you have a judgment which remains unsatisfied. In this new edition, criminal
restitution for all 51 jurisdictions is also covered in this chapter.
Preview the chapter contents and sample pages above.
Gary L.
Wickert is an insurance trial lawyer and
is regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on insurance subrogation. He
is the author of several subrogation books and legal treatises and is a
national and international speaker and lecturer on subrogation and motivational
topics. Mr. Wickert is also a politician in Wisconsin, serving his ninth term
as Town Supervisor in the Township of Cedarburg. After 15 years as the youngest
managing partner in the history of the 30 lawyer Houston law firm of Hughes,
Watters & Askanase, L.L.P., he returned to his native Wisconsin in 1998 and
co-founded the firm of Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. He oversees a
National Recovery Program that includes a network of contracted subrogation law
firms in all 50 states, Mexico, Canada, and the United Kingdom and boasts
recoveries of nearly $1 billion in recoveries and credits for more than 250
insurance companies.