This is the final piece in our four-part series of SFM blogs recapping our June 2024 webinar, Driving Safety, An SFM webinar for policyholders .

The fundamental workers’ compensation issues associated with unsafe driving were outlined in several portions of SFM’s webinar.

But what about the legal consequences?

Tom Davern, Senior Defense Counsel at SFM’s in-house law firm, who has nearly 20 years of experience in the field, examined several legal aspects of a driving incident for employers to consider, including so-called vicarious liability, which means that that the vehicle’s legal owner is legally responsible for the alleged negligence of an allowed driver.

Highlights of Davern’s portion of the webinar also include:

• Liability of the driver and lawsuits
• No-fault laws
• Negligence and its implications
• Specific examples

You can also view the complete recording of webinar , and be sure to check out previous blogs in our series:

• Part I: Safe driving data
• Part II: The work comp claims process following a driving incident
• Part III: Managing safe driving at work

Lastly, you can find previous SFM workers’ compensation webinars on our website.