Coleman v. American Universal Insurance Co.

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• cause of action for carrier’s bad faith is not extinguished by exclusivity provision or by statutory penalties for inexcusable delay in payouts
• action for bad faith refusal to pay benefits permitted despite statutory penalty for late payments and exclusivity of workers’ compensation act
• “the compensation remedy is exclusive, however, only if the injury falls within the coverage of the act.”
• tort action for bad faith in processing and paying a worker's compensation claim was not barred by the WCA exclusive remedy provision because the tort was separate and distinct from the WCA claim
• Employee may sue employer's workers-compensation carrier for bad-faith damages if the carrier wrongfully does not \honor or pay the claim\ that has matured (the triggering event)
• intentional infliction of mental distress

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