Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. Blakeney

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

DICKINSON, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. When the workers’ compensation carrier making payments to Bridgette Blakeney was declared insolvent, its claims were transferred to the Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Association (MIGA),1 which, upon discovering Blakeney had received a settlement of $60,000 from her employer’s uninsured motorist (UM) carrier,2 petitioned the Workers’ Compensation *205Commission (“Commission”) for an offset of $100,000 — the full UM policy limits. The workers’ compensation administrative law judge (ALJ) found MIGA’s credit was limited to the $60,000…