U.S. Supreme Court Denies Review of Bankruptcy Judge's Ruling on Carrier Liability for Comp Claims

The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up the Michigan attorney general's claim that a bankruptcy judge trod upon the state's sovereign immunity by freeing two insurance carriers from liability for the claims of 322 former workers filed against a now-defunct automobile parts manufacturer. Michigan law requires that any policy issued to an employer within the state cover all of the employer’s business and employees, although the policies issued by the Ace American Insurance Co. and Pacific Employers Insurance Co. to the Delphi Corp. purported to cover only part of Delphi's work...