U.S. Supreme Court Denies Review of Cassens Decision

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied review of Cassens Transport v. Brown et al., effectively upholding a lower court decision that injured workers can pursue racketeering lawsuits against employers and claims administrators that deny their claims. Paul Brown and five other injured workers allege that Illinois trucking company Cassens colluded with its third-party administrator, Crawford & Co., and Dr. Saul Margules to fraudulently deny them workers' compensation benefits. A U.S. District Court dismissed the complaint, but the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of  Appeals held that the cl...