Vince Hardaway v. Howard Industries, Inc.

Summary

The court affirmed summary judgment for Howard Industries in Hardaway’s bad-faith workers’ compensation action. It held that Mississippi law permitted the self-insured employer to contract with a third-party administrator to investigate and administer claims, and that the evidence did not show Howard Industries itself acted with the gross negligence, malice, or reckless disregard required for an independent bad-faith tort. No separate opinions were filed.