Insurer Says Mistakes by TPAs CorVel, Crawford Cost It $1.9M

An insurer says the incompetence of two third-party administrators left it on the hook for about $1.9 million in damages in a civil case over improper handling of workers' compensation claims. St. Paul Mercury Insurance Co. in two lawsuits filed with the U.S. District Court for Central California accuses CorVel Corp. and Crawford & Co. of mishandling workers' compensation claims filed against Knight Transportation. Crawford says it's too late to argue that the TPA breached its contract. But St. Paul isn't having it, saying that Crawford's contract breach happened late...