Cincinnati Insurance Co. Ex Rel. Struyf v. Second Injury Fund

OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

Cincinnati Insurance Company (“Cincinnati Insurance”), on behalf of Jeffrey Struyf (“Struyf’), appeals the Worker’s Compensation Board of Indiana’s denial of Struyfs application for payment of medical expenses from Indiana’s Second Injury Fund. Cincinnati Insurance contends that its liability for Struyfs medical expenses ended after 500 weeks and that the obligation shifted to the Second Injury Fund at that point. While the legislature has never intended for the Second Injury Fund to be liable for all of an injured worker’s medical expenses, it also has not…