Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Schwanenberg

Claimant Christine Schwanenberg is the surviving spouse of a deceased worker, Roark Schwanenberg, who died in a helicopter crash while working as a pilot for employer Carson Helicopters, Inc. Respondent Liberty Mutual Insurance Company is Carson’s workers’ compensation insurer and the paying agency on claimant’s claim for workers’ compensation benefits. Liberty seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that invalidated claimant’s assignment to Liberty of potential third-party claims. The board voided claimant’s assignment of the third-party claims to Liberty for the reason…