Legal Opinion
McCarty v. Walsko
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 1, 2006No. 45A03-0605-CV-193PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DARDEN, Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Sally McCarty, Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Insurance, as administrator of the Indiana Patient's Compensation Fund (the "Fund"), appeals the trial court's judgment in favor of Frank Walsko. 1
We reverse.
ISSUE
Whether Walsko satisfied the statutory prerequisites to seeking damages from the Fund.
FACTS
On August 11, 1989, when Walsko was eleven years old, he was struck in the face with a rock. The rock shattered the lens of Walsko's prescription eyeglasses. The glass from the lens lacerated the cornea and sclera 2 of Walsko's right eye. On…
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