The Delaware Supreme Court, affirming a trial court's decision, has ruled that a company's second workers' compensation insurance carrier could be held liable for injuries to an employee sustained in two separate work accidents only when the employee's condition had resulted from an accident that occurred while the second insurer's policy was in effect.
|Injuries stem from falls
While working for Greenville Country Club, Jordan Rash suffered injuries to his lumbar spine in two separate, compensable work accidents. The first accident occurred in 2009, when Guard Insurance Group was the country club's workers' compensation insurance carrier, and the company accepted compensability for Rash's claim. Guard last paid benefits stemming from the 2009 work injury on Sept. 4, 2009.
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