Butler v. Indiana Department of Insurance

OPINION

BAKER, Chief Judge.

Appellant-plaintiff James Butler, as the personal representative of the Estate of Nondis Jane Butler (the Estate), appeals from the trial court’s judgment in favor of appellees-defendants Indiana Department of Insurance, as the administrator of the Patient Compensation Fund, and Ciarían Health Partners, Inc. (Ciarían) (collectively, the Fund). Specifically, the Estate argues that (1) the trial court erroneously admitted evidence regarding payments and benefits from Medicare and Medicaid in violation of the collateral source rule, 1 and (2) the trial court erred by…