Jablonski v. Royal Globe Insurance
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SPARKS, J.
In Unruh v. Truck Insurance Exchange (1972) 7 Cal.3d 616 [102 Cal.Rptr. 815, 498 P.2d 1063], the California Supreme Court held that a compensation insurer forfeited its immunity from a civil suit by its deceitful conduct in investigating the workers’ compensation claim of an injured employee. When the insurer commits such an intentional tort against the claimant, the court ruled, it steps outside the boundary of its proper role as an insurer, forfeits its status as an employer and hence its immunity under the Workers’ Compensation and Insurance Act (Act), and thus becomes…
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- Smith v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
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