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N.D. Workers’ Comp Agency Reverses Deputy Decision

North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency has reversed its decision to deny a death benefit claim to the widow of a Burleigh County sheriff’s deputy who died of an apparent heart attack while on duty. Thirty-nine-year-old Bryan Sleeper died Sept. 28 …

Iowa’s Federal Court of Appeals Decision in Bad Faith Case Favors Insurer

A federal court of appeals found in favor of Liberty Mutual in a case that dealt with whether the carrier acted in bad faith upon refusing to reimburse defense costs in two underlying lawsuits against its insured. The underlying case …