State Ex Rel. Medical Licensing Board v. Brady

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge,

dissent ing.

I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion.

It is only where a statute is ambiguous or more than one construction is possible that the reviewing court will construe that statute. Johnson v. LaPorte Bank & Trust Co., (1984) Ind.App., 470 N.E.2d 350. Where a statute is clear and unambiguous, the court on review has the duty to give effect to the plain meaning of that statute. Indiana Collectors v. Conrad, (1984) Ind.App., 466 N.E.2d 768. As applicable to the facts of this case the clear and unambiguous language of IND. CODE 25-22.5-1.-1(a)(1), in…