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PIERCE v. INTERNATIONAL INS. CO. OF ILL.

No. 112, 1995.

671 A.2d 1361 (1996)

Robert C. PIERCE, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: January 23, 1996.

Revised: January 31, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Balick (argued), and Gregory A. Morris, Sidney Balick & Associates, Wilmington, for Appellant.

William J. Cattie, III, Heckler & Cattie, Wilmington, for Appellee.

Before VEASEY, C.J., WALSH, HOLLAND, HARTNETT, and BERGER, JJ., constituting the Court en banc.

WALSH, Justice:

In this case we address for the first time the question of whether an employee's claim for bad faith against a workers' compensation insurance carrier is cognizable under Delaware law. The claim was brought by Robert C. Pierce ("Pierce"), who was injured in the course of his employment and sought compensation from his employer's workers' compensation carrier. The insurer agreed to settle with Pierce eleven...

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