The Subrogation Strategist

In Amp Servs., LLC v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co., No. 5:24-CV-00235-MEO-DCK, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 231369, the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina (District Court) considered whether to exclude the opinions of the defendant insurer’s fire investigator, who concluded that a warehouse fire was incendiary. The District Court granted in part and denied in part the plaintiffs’ motion to exclude, holding that the investigator’s causation opinion was not a reliable application of his chosen methodology because he failed to eliminate two competent ... Continue Reading