Legal Opinion
Wine-Settergren v. Lamey
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided September 22, 1999No. 49S04-9909-CV-489PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPARD, Chief Justice.
Appellants Cindy Wine-Settergren and Jay Settergren appeal the dismissal of their personal injury and loss of consortium actions against Robert H. Lamey, Jr., for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The trial court entered this order pursuant to the exclusivity and subrogation provisions of the Worker’s Compensation Act, which preclude negligence-based actions against those found to be “in the same employ” as the plaintiff at the time of the accidental injury. (R. at 70, citing Ind. Code Ann. § 22-3-2-13 (West 1991).)
The Court of Appeals affirmed. Wine-Settergren v.…
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