Dill v. Claims Administration Services, Inc.

Opinion

WIENER, J.

Do the exclusive remedy provisions of the workers’ compensation system preclude this action by plaintiff Paul Dill against defendant Claims Administration Services, Inc. (CAS), the independently retained claims administrator for a self-insured employer who is alleged to have intentionally failed to pay workers’ compensation benefits despite a recognition that payment of such benefits was legally mandated? The trial court answered this question by sustaining CAS’s demurrer to each of Dill’s five causes of action without leave to amend. We disagree with the trial court’s…