Brennan v. Western National Mutual Insurance

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PIERSOL, Chief Judge.

Defendant, Western National Mutual Insurance Company, has filed a Motion for Summary Judgment, arguing that Plaintiff Tina Brennan is barred from recovering damages in this action, in which she alleges a bad-faith denial of worker’s compensation benefits. For the reasons stated below, the Motion for Summary Judgment is denied.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff claims that she was injured on February 8, 1994, while working at Chef Rudy’s Truck Stop, which used Defendant as its worker’s compensation insurance carrier. On November 7, 1994, Defendant denied…