Zurich Insurance Co. v. Mitchell

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which reversed a circuit court summary dismissal of Mitchell’s complaint which sought damages in tort for the alleged outrageous conduct of the appel-lees in delaying the payment of certain medical expenses arising out of a worker’s compensation claim.

The question presented is whether the Workers’ Compensation Act provides an exclusive remedy and therefore bars an employee’s tort action for separate damages because of untimely payment of certain benefits or whether such action can be the basis of a suit for…