Scott Wetzel Services, Inc. v. Johnson

The petitioner, Scott Wetzel Services, Inc. (Wetzel), seeks reversal of two court of appeals decisions, Johnson v. Scott Wetzel Services, Inc., 797 P.2d 786 (Colo.App.1990), and Tozer v. Scott Wetzel Services, Inc., No. 88CA1723 (Colo.App. April 19, 1990) (unpublished). In each case, the Colorado Court of Appeals held that an independent claims adjusting company acting on behalf of a self-insured employer owes a duty of good faith to an injured employee in investigating and processing a workers’ compensation claim even in the absence of contractual privity with the employee. We granted…