Disability Law

Steadman Files Her Jurisdictional Answer Brief

By David A. McCranie, Esq.

The plaintiff/claimant has filed her jurisdictional answer brief in the Florida Supreme Court in the case of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Steadman (For previous posts about this case, see here, here, and here).  The brief, which you can read here, says that the allegations of her complaint against Liberty Mutual and its claims adjuster are sufficient to state a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress because those allegations go far beyond alleging a "mere delay" in providing medical benefits or a "minor delay" in the claims process. 

Full post as published by Florida Workers’ Compensation Law Blog on January 20, 2008 (boomark / email).