Compensation of McCarter v. Crown Zellerbach Corp.

Crown Zellerbach Corporation (Crown), a self-insured employer, appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) setting aside a disputed claim settlement between Crown and claimant and remanding the case for a hearing to determine whether Crown or Employers Insurance of Wausau (Wausau), the carrier for one of claimant’s previous employers, is the responsible paying party for claimant’s disability. Crown also requests indemnification from Wausau for its costs of defense and attorney fees before the Board and on appeal. We reverse.

In 1977 claimant filed a workers’ compensation…