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    Subrogation is a common law principle where the insurer steps into the shoes of the insured once a claim is paid. It allows the insurer to exercise the rights and remedies of the insured against third parties. For subrogation to apply, there must be a valid insurance contract providing indemnification and a connection between the insured risk and the rights exercised. The case of British Columbia Ministry of Health V. Homewood established that for an insurer to prove prejudice from a settlement, it must show that the settlement was less than the percentage of the tortfeasor's fault multiplied by the plaintiff's total damages. The insurer bears the burden of proving the plaintiff has been fully compensated and subrogation rights have been prejud

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    Subrogation is a common law principle where the insurer steps into the shoes of the insured once a claim is paid. It allows the insurer to exercise the rights and remedies of the insured against third parties. For subrogation to apply, there must be a valid insurance contract providing indemnification and a connection between the insured risk and the rights exercised. The case of British Columbia Ministry of Health V. Homewood established that for an insurer to prove prejudice from a settlement, it must show that the settlement was less than the percentage of the tortfeasor's fault multiplied by the plaintiff's total damages. The insurer bears the burden of proving the plaintiff has been fully compensated and subrogation rights have been prejud

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    SUBROGATION

    MEANING OF SUBROGATION

    Common law principle. Places insurer in shoes of insured once claim is paid.

    See Castellain v. Preston (1883)


    as between underwriter and the assured the underwriter is entitled to every right of the assured

    REQUIREMENT FOR SUBROGATION


    Valid contract of insurance Indemnification by the insurers under the contract in terms of common law

    The policy usually provides for subrogation before


    indemnification

    A connection between the subject matter of the insurance and the rights of the insured to which insurers are subrogated

    CASE ON SUBROGAION... The case of British Columbia Ministry of Health V.Homewood 34.

    In this case we had settled the claim of Ms. Homewood against several different defendants. While we obtained all

    of the liability coverage of the one defendant who was


    primarily at fault,

    we settled for less than all of the liability coverage of two other defendants because of liability risks and claims of comparative negligence.

    The health insurer claimed there had been a full recovery.


    The court found, based on the evidence we presented, that there had not been a full recovery and so Ms. Homewood was not made whole.

    The health insurer then claimed it had been prejudiced

    by the settlements. The court, citing Elovich v.


    Nationwide Insurance Co reiterated that in order to prove it was prejudiced by the settlement,

    The insurer has the burden of proof that the settlement was
    less than the amount of the tortfeasors fault times the injured persons total damages

    TO ESTABLISH PREJUDICE

    The percentage of negligence of [each of the three tortfeasors];

    The total losses the plaintiff suffered;


    That the settlement as a percentage of plaintiffs

    total injuries was less than the percentage of the


    settling entities comparative negligence.

    Only if the latter percentage exceeds the former will subrogation rights have been prejudiced and Law apply. Otherwise the rule from Thiringer applies. The insurance

    companys subrogation rights arise only after the plaintiffs


    have received full compensation for their injuries.

    In Homewood, the insurer did not meet its burden to prove that the plaintiff was made whole. That burden was placed squarely on the insurer. Than they had agreed to pay amount claimed with the penality.

    Sasidharan.C M.B.A-Iyr-B sec

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