General Reinsurance Corp. v. St. Jude Hospital

Opinion

O'LEARY, J.

In this case an injured employee obtained a 10 percent increase in her workers’ compensation award under Labor Code section 5814 1 because her self-insured employer unreasonably delayed or refused payment of benefits. The employer’s excess insurance carrier obtained a judgment declaring it was not required to reimburse the employer for the 10 percent increase because the policy excluded indemnification for payments made in excess of “benefits regularly required by the Workers Compensation Law” if such benefits were required because “the Insured violated or failed to comply…