The Iowa Supreme Court overturned a jury’s award of damages to an injured worker on his bad-faith claim, finding the comp carrier had not acted unreasonably in objecting to his request for a lump-sum payment of benefits.
Case: Thornton v. American Interstate Insurance Co., No. 15–1032, 05/19/2017, published.
Facts: Toby Thornton worked as an over-the-road truck driver for Clayton County Recycling. He suffered injuries to his spinal cord in a car accident in June 2009, and the 31-year old was left paralyzed from the chest, down.
Clayton had workers’ compensation covera...
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