Ventulett v. Maine Insurance Guaranty Association

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

This appeal raises a question of the interpretation of the Maine Insurance Guaranty Act, 24-A M.R.S.A. §§ 4431-4452 (1990 & Supp.1990), in its relationship to the workers’ compensation system. The Guaranty Act created the Maine Insurance Guaranty Association (MIGA) to administer a guaranty fund to cover certain obligations of insolvent insurers. Specifically, the issue before us is whether a claimant must offset the workers’ compensation benefits he has received against what MIGA would otherwise have to pay on a tort claim for the same injuries against a third party…