Footstar, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

The dispositive issue in this case is which insurer, Travelers Insurance Company (Travelers) or Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Liberty Mutual), is responsible for paying workers’ compensation income benefits to Felicia Stevens. In 1999, she was injured in the course of her employment with Footstar, Inc. (Footstar). At that time, Travelers was the workers’ compensation carrier for Footstar. Ms. Stevens did not quit working as the result of her injury, and she received only medical benefits from Travelers. In 2001, Liberty Mutual became Footstar’s workers’ compensation carrier. In January of…