In James “Jake” Mordhorst v. Dakota Truck Underwriters and Risk Administration Services, 2016 S.D. 70, the South Dakota Supreme Court heard an appeal arising out of the Circuit Court’s granting of Risk Administration Services’ (“Insurer”) motion to dismiss Jake Mordhorst’s allegations of bad faith denial of workers’ compensation benefits. In the underlying workers’ compensation

Anyone who has ever been employed has experienced workplace conflict. The conflict referred to need not be related to job performance but can include personal behaviors or idiosyncrasies. Ranging from the petty to the most severe, conflict exists in every workplace setting. Some conflict within an organization is healthy – legitimate differing views on how