Public policy doesn’t bar cover for punitives: Court

Public policy does not bar a liability insurer from covering punitive damages for an employer’s gross negligence, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled in a workers compensation case. The Feb. 15 ruling came in the case of Fairfield Insurance Co. vs. Stephens Martin Paving L.P., which involved a worker, Roy Edward Bennett, who died in 2002 when a piece of equipment overturned.