Judge Allows Proposed Class Action for Underpayment to Proceed Against Liberty Mutual

A Delaware Superior Court judge last week ruled that a group of health care providers who provided treatment to injured workers can move forward with their claims that they were short-changed by Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. Judge William C. Carpenter Jr. denied the carrier's motion to dismiss the proposed class action complaint seeking damages for the carrier's alleged failure to pay statutorily required interest on the providers' bills. Even though the Delaware Workers’ Compensation Act does not expressly grant providers a legal cause of action to collect the interest due ...