Appellant Challenges Ruling That Workers’ Compensation Exclusion Bars Coverage

Mealey's (September 11, 2019, 9:33 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — In a case scheduled for oral argument on Sept. 18, an appellant argues in the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that a lower federal court erred in finding that a commercial automobile insurance policy’s workers’ compensation exclusion applied to bar coverage because the exclusion violates the West Virginia Code Section 336-31(a)’s omnibus clause, provisions of Section 33-6-31(h) and applicable state case law (United Financial Casualty Company v. Greg Allen Ball, et al., 18-1657, 4th Cir.)....