Legal Opinion
Sims v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided January 28, 2003No. 49S02-0105-CV-229PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUCKER, Justice.
Indiana Code section 22-3-4-12.1 grants exclusive jurisdiction to the Worker's Compensation Board to determine whether a worker's compensation insurance carrier committed an independent tort in adjusting or settling the injured worker's claim. Specifically subsection (a) of the statute provides:
The worker's compensation board, upon hearing a claim for benefits, has the exclusive - jurisdiction - to - determine whether the employer, the employer's worker's compensation administrator, or the worker's compensation insurance carrier has acted with a lack of dili-genee, in bad…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Boehm v. Town of St. JohnIndiana Supreme Court · 1996
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