Workers’ Comp Insurer Did Not Act In Bad Faith By Appealing Adverse Award

(September 18, 2019, 3:38 PM EDT) -- PIERRE, S.D. — A trial court correctly concluded that a workers’ compensation insurer did not act in bad faith in pursuing an appeal of a workers’ compensation award entered in favor of an insured claimant because the claimant failed to prove that the insurer’s decision to appeal the award was unreasonable, the South Dakota Supreme Court said Sept. 11 (Christina Blanchard v. Mid-Century Insurance Co., et al., No. 28652, S.D. Sup., 2019 S.D. LEXIS 84)....

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