Members of Former Self-Insurance Group Must Take Case Against WCB to Court of Claims

A New York appellate court ruled that the members of a defunct group self-insurance trust had to pursue their breach of contract complaints against the Workers’ Compensation Board in the Court of Claims. Case: Rice v. Workers’ Compensation Board, No. 1115 CA 20-00128, 03/19/2021, published. Facts: David Rice Sr., Farmington Trucking Inc., Green Bay Sanitation Corp., Bestway Carting Inc., City Recycling Corp, and ELC LLC had been members of a group self-insurance trust created to secure workers' compensation benefits to their injured employees. In 2008, the trust became ...