Eakin v. Kumiega
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Judge.
We are again faced with an appeal by the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Indiana (the Commissioner), in which he challenges a trial court ruling that allowed medical malpractice claimants access to excess damages from the Patient's Compensation Fund (the Fund). Similar to our decision today in Eakin v. Reed, (1991) Ind.App., 567 N.E.2d 148, we determine that the trial court erroneously allowed the claimants here, James and Vicki Kumiega (the Kumiegas) access to the Fund for excess damages. The dispositive issue in the present appeal is whether the Fund could properly…
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