Policy Doesn't Cover Employee Shot While Leaving Work

More than $1.1 million owed to an Alabama grocery store worker after he was shot outside his workplace following his shift is not covered under his employer’s general liability policy, a federal appeals court ruled, reversing a lower court. The worker’s argument that his injuries would not be covered under Alabama’s workers' compensation law is not relevant to the liability case, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday. In Amanali Babwari v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., a clerk at the Pit Stop Grocery in Birmingham was robbed and shot nine times whil...