Lemma Wine Co. v. National Council on Compensation Insurance

This case requires us to venture into the dense thicket of law pertaining to workers’ compensation insurance premium rating. Briefly, the Department of Consumer and Business Services (department) employs a classification system to determine the level of premiums that employers must pay for their workers’ compensation insurance. Employer challenges the particular classification that the department assigned to some of its workers, which results in a higher premium than employer thinks is appropriate. It argues that the department erred in interpreting applicable classification codes. It also…