What You Should Know About Employer 's Liability Insurance
Most employers understand that they need workers ' compensation insurance, but many lack employers ' liability coverage. Employers ' liability could be considered the step-sister to workers ' compensation €“ while they are very similar, they provide two different coverages that all employers need. Employers ' liability insurance coverage is designed to protect the employer from injury, disease or death claims made by employees caused by workplace practices or conditions that are not covered by workers ' compensation.
It 's common to believe that workers ' compensation covers all injury, disease, and death claims, but this is simply not the case. In fact, plaintiff attorneys will look for ways around the workers ' compensation statutes as they strive for a bigger payday. The more common expectations to workers ' compensation coverage could include:
- Intentional acts/torts by the employer €“ For example, the coal mine operator who knows there is excessive methane gas in the coal mine but sends the workers in anyway.
- Third party cross claims €“ For example, an employee falls off a ladder at work. Instead of filing a workers ' compensation claim, he/she files a lawsuit against the ladder manufacturer. This company then files a third party cross claim against the employer.
- Dual capacity claims €“ An example of this is if an employee is injured by a piece of equipment on site and then files a product liability claim against your company.
- Diseases or injuries excluded by the state workers ' compensation statutes €“ Depending on your state, this could be an injury such as arthritis that the employee develops from the repetitive aspects of her/his job.
- Consortium or other loss of services to family members €“ For example, an injured employee 's spouse filed a lawsuit against your company because their spouse is no longer able to €œengage € in marital relations after their work injury.
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