Worker can’t sue comp insurer for bad faith 
Published: August 7, 2012
Tags: bad faith, workers' compensation
An employee could not sue his employer’s workers’ compensation insurer for pain and suffering allegedly caused by wrongful delays in the payment of his medical bills, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.
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