Associated Ins. Companies, Inc. v. Burns

CONOVER, Judge.

Proposed Intervenor-Appellant Associated Insurance Companies, Inc., d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana (Blue Cross) appeals the Worker's Compensation Board's (Board) denial of its petition to intervene in William E. Burns's (Burns) claim for worker's compensation against Cardinal Service Management (Cardinal) and its worker's compensation carrier, Commercial Union Insurance (Commercial).

We reverse.

Blue Cross raises one issue for our review. Restated, it is:

whether the Worker's Compensation Board erred in denying Blue Cross's petition to intervene.

On May 13, 1988, Burns…