No Duty to Defend Intentional Tort Claim
Workers' Compensation
JULY 13, 2024
In a per curiam opinion, the NJ Appellate Division affirmed that a workers’ compensation insurance company is not required to defend an intentional tort claim following a Section 20 resolution. FACTS This case involves a workers' compensation claim and a related lawsuit filed by Sylvia Melania Tejada de Tapia against her employer, 74 Industries. Tejada de Tapia was injured at work by an insect bite/sting and the residuals of infection and filed a workers' compensation claim, which was settled fo
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