Carrier Can't Avoid Liability for Balance of Wrongful Death Award

A Missouri appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier could not avoid liability for paying the $7.5 million balance of a wrongful death judgment for a worker’s fatal injuries. Case: Geiler v. Liberty Insurance Corp., No. WD83363, 01/12/2021, published. Facts: In September 2015, Richard Geiler suffered fatal injuries when he was ejected from a vehicle. Sharpe Holdings Inc. owned the vehicle, and a Sharpe employee had been driving at the time of the accident. Geiler was a resident at the Heartland Men's Recovery Center, a rehabilitation program operated by CNS International Min...