Legal Opinion

Former Board of Trustees & Members of Mississippi Comp Choice Self-Insurers Fund v. Mississippi Workers' Compensation Group Self-Insurer Guaranty Ass'n

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 20, 2014No. 2013-IA-00666-SCTPublished

1Opinion of the Court

RANDOLPH, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The Madison County Circuit Court held that only the Mississippi Tort Claims Act (“MTCA”) applies to suits against the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Group *821Self-Insurer Guaranty Association.1 The trial court dismissed all other claims, granting leave to amend the complaint for an MTCA action only. We reverse.

FACTS

¶ 2. An action was initiated by certain former members and the board of Mississippi Comp Choice Self-Insurers Fund (“Comp Choice”). Comp Choice was a workers’ compensation group self-insurer operating under a certificate of authority…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Bobby Kitchens v. Miss. Ins. Guar. Ass'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  2. Little v. Mississippi Department of TransportationMississippi Supreme Court · 2013
  3. Watts v. TsangMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
  4. BOLIVAR LEFLORE MED. ALLIANCE v. WilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  5. Corning v. Mississippi Ins. Guar. Ass'nMississippi Supreme Court · 2007

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