The Subrogation Strategist

While determining the value of property is important, it is equally critical to assess whether the financial costs and inconvenience of not having it should factor into compensation for not being able to use that property. In Lafayette City-Par. Consol Gov’t v. Triple T Enters, No. 25-26, 2025 La. App. LEXIS 2039 (Lafeyette City), the Court of Appeals of Louisiana, Third Circuit (Court of Appeals) considered whether the trial court properly awarded loss of use damages after an intoxicated driver destroyed the fire department’s custom-built fire pumper truck in a motor vehicle ... Continue Reading

In Myers v. Alfa Mut. Ins. Co., No. CL-2024-0010, 2024 Ala. Civ. App. LEXIS 119, the Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama (Appeals Court) issued a per curium opinion addressing whether the trial court properly awarded damages for loss-of-use for an irreparable, privately owned vehicle. Finding that it had to follow prior precedent from the Supreme Court of Alabama (Supreme Court), the Appeals Court reversed the trial court’s decision.Continue Reading