9th Circuit Says Exclusivity No Bar to Carrier's Lawsuit Against Former NFL Player

Exclusive remedy doesn’t prevent an insurance carrier from proceeding with a suit against a former professional football player who appeared on the television show 'Survivor" after settling his workers’ compensation claim for fraud, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. The court on Monday overturned a decision from the U.S. District Court for Central California, which in 2016 said the lawsuit that TIG Insurance Co. filed arose out of the $175,000 settlement it executed to resolve Brad Culpepper’s comp claim. The appellate court said the Workers...