Aranda v. Insurance Co. of North America

SPEARS, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether a workers’ compensation claimant is entitled to seek damages for the insurance carrier’s breach of a duty of good faith and fair dealing. Petitioner Miguel Aranda became unable to work and filed a claim against each of his two employers. He later sued Respondents, Insurance Company of North America (INA) and Lumbermans Mutual Casualty Company (Lumbermans), the compensation carriers for the two employers. He alleged that the carriers had breached the duty of good faith and fair dealing by failing to pay promptly his claim for workers’…