Principal and Agent

Zahn v. Town Pump, Inc./Employers Insurance of Wausau Mutual Company [09/05/06] 2006 MTWCC 30 A self-insured employer who retains a third-party administrator to adjust a workers’ compensation claim enters into an agency relationship with the third-party administrator.

Zahn v. Town Pump, Inc./Employers Insurance of Wausau Mutual Company [09/05/06] 2006 MTWCC 30 An agent represents the principal for all purposes within the scope of the agent’s actual authority, and all liabilities which would accrue to the agent from the transactions within such limitation accrue to the principal.