Patient's Compensation Fund Oversight Board v. Succession of Hedgepeth

J^FOGG, J.

The issue raised on appeal in this medical malpractice case is whether or not the Patient’s Compensation Fund Oversight Board (the PCF Board) and the Patient’s Compensation Fund (the Fund) are liable for interest paid on part of an adverse judgment which exceeded $100,000.00, when that sum was paid by the physician’s medical malpractice insurer pursuant to its contract with the physician. The trial court held that the PCF Board and the Fund are required to pay that interest. For the following reasons, we affirm.

The facts are undisputed. On October 2, 1985, Julia Hedgepeth consulted…