Liberty Mutual Stuck with Defense Costs on IBM Cases

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company must pay the cost of defending IBM against the slew of employee toxic exposure cases ruled the United States Court of Appeals for the Second District on Friday.IBM has been the target of a slew of civil claims by former employees claiming that Big Blue knew that its chip manufacturing processes in California and other states were toxic to employees, that the company did nothing about it despite the known risks, and that as a consequence the employees developed cancer. The cases in California were premised on Labor Code section 3602, an exception to the exclusiv...