Fourth Circuit Rules in Favor of Insurer That Refused to Defend Inmate
Finds Inmate Is Not Covered as a “Volunteer Worker”
On January 20, 2012, in an unpublished opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in favor of an insurer that refused to defend an inmate in a lawsuit over a West Virginia jail worker’s injuries, reversing a decision by the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.