Bad Faith Claim Against Workers’ Comp Insurer Cannot Stand, Judge Says

(October 8, 2018, 9:41 AM EDT) -- PHOENIX — A workers’ compensation claimant’s bad faith claim cannot stand because the claimant failed to obtain a compensability determination from the Industrial Commission of Arizona (ICA) before filing suit against the insurer, an Arizona federal judge said Sept. 30 (Bernard Higgins v. XL Insurance America Inc., No. 17-582, D. Ariz., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168968)....

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