Johnson v. SAIF Corp.

The central issue before us in this case is whether the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation (SAIF) maybe sued for damages under 42 USC section 1983. Plaintiff filed a Section 1983 action seeking damages and injunctive relief against SAIF and its president and chief executive officer (collectively, SAIF or defendant). Plaintiff alleged that SAIF had deprived him of his right to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution when SAIF terminated his permanent total disability (PTD) workers’ compensation benefits without a pretermination hearing. The trial…