North Carolina Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. Board of Trustees

HUDSON, Justice.

Here we address whether sovereign immunity bars the North Carolina Insurance Guaranty Association (“NCIGA”) from being reimbursed by Guilford Technical Community College (“GTCC”) through its Board of Trustees, pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 58-48-50(al)(l) (2001)1 of the Insurance Guaranty Association Act (the “Guaranty *104Act”), N.C.G.S. chapter 58, article 48. Plaintiff NCIGA seeks reimbursement for payments NCIGA made on workers’ compensation claims filed by GTCC’s employees after GTCC’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier became insolvent and was liquidated. The Court of Appeals…