Persinger v. Peabody Coal Co.

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• holding that an individual who has been awarded worker's compensation benefits may bring an action for fraudulent misrepresentation by the employer in connection with the claim
• recognizing a new unlitigated cause of action on a certified question to the Court and remanding for trial
• recognizing a new unlitigated cause of action on a certified question to the Court and remanding for trial
• holding workers’ compensation statute does not preclude employee from maintaining separate and distinct cause of action against employer when employer makes misrepresentations with intent of depriving employee of benefits rightfully due to him
• holding workers’ compensation statute does not preclude employee from maintaining separate and distinct cause of action against employer when employer makes misrepresentations with intent of depriving employee of benefits rightfully due to him
• employer's fraudulent misrepresentation of employee's Workers' Compensation claim

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