Zurich Ordered to Pay $80.3 Million in Suit Over Employee Incentives

Three former managers in a workers’ compensation department in Zurich North America’s Rancho Cordova, California, branch have been awarded $80.3 million in compensatory and punitive damages by a jury that found the carrier had wrongfully terminated them for taking unofficial paid time off, according to the firm that represented them. According to a statement issued Thursday by The Bohm Law Group Inc., which represented Melinda Brantley, Nicholas Lardie and Daniel Koos, the three were fired over accusations that they stole from their employer for taking “off the rec...