I would like to hear some more about this. Would being injured by an infiltrator be the same as losing the Duke position? Because I know for a fact that this is what happened in the Cagilan/Carelian war - Duke was injured by infiltrator, then the region was bought (probably about 1 day afterward).
You can lose your position from being wounded, just like you can lose it from being captured. It is a random thing, sometimes it happens sometimes it doesn't. It seems like it used to happen a lot more a few years ago. but that could just be the effect of time.