Dean v. Special Indemnity Fund

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ADAMS, Judge.

¶ 1 Petitioners filed a class action suit in the Workers’ Compensation Court for interest on prior awards against the Special Indemnity Fund (Fund) which had not been timely paid. The trial court granted certification of a class of all persons awarded benefits against Fund since January 1, 1994, whose claims were not timely paid. Petitioners then moved for Partial Summary Judgment on Fund’s general liability for interest, the rate, the statute of limitations, and requested the court to rule that any payments by Fund be taken first from the interest on the award…