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PETRILLO v. LUMBERMENS MUT. CAS. CO.

No. 03-2860.

378 F.3d 767 (2004)

Tamela J. PETRILLO, et al., Plaintiffs — Appellants, v. LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, et al., Defendants — Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 5, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Johnson, argued, Cedar Rapids, IA (Wythe Willey and Timothy S. White, on the brief), for appellants.

Megan Manning Antenucci, argued, Des Moines, IA (Theodore C. Simms II, on the brief), for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, RICHARD S. ARNOLD and FAGG, Circuit Judges.

LOKEN, Chief Judge.

The principal issue presented by this appeal is whether Iowa law imposes tort liability on a workers' compensation insurer for bad-faith failure to monitor and direct the medical treatment being furnished by the employer-insured to an injured employee. Like the district court,1 we conclude that the insurer's duty in this situation is limited to paying the workers' compensation benefits to which the employee is entitled...

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