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Insurance Carriers Have No Duty to Indemnify Employer for Worker's Fatal Accident

Monday, December 22, 2025 | 0

A federal appellate court ruled that an Ohio employer’s insurance carriers had no obligation to indemnify it for the settlement it paid to the family of a worker who was killed on the job. Case: Encore Industries Inc. v. Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America, No. 25-3076, 12/08/2025, unpublished. Facts: Todd Shaffer worked for Encore Industries Inc., an Ohio-based plastics manufacturer. He was killed at work in 2021 while attempting to clear a jam in a thermoforming trim press machine. Encore had insurance coverage from both Travelers Property Casualty Co. and American ...

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