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The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases during the first week of September, including one involving a dispute over a $2.8 million workman’s compensation reimbursement request filed with the Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau.
The hearings will be held Sept. 4 in the Supreme Court Courtroom at the Indiana Statehouse.
Beginning at 9 a.m., justices will hear the case Ind. Compensation Rating Bureau and Indiana Department of Insurance v. Technology Insurance Co., No. 24A-PL-857, which the court has not yet accepted jurisdiction over.
At issue is whether the Marion Superior Court erred when it ordered the Indiana Department of Insurance to conduct further proceedings and awarded prejudgment interest and appellate attorney’s fees to Technology Insurance Company, despite the company failing to first obtain a decision on the prejudgment interest and appellate attorney’s fees from the Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau.
Technology Insurance Company sought reimbursement from the Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau, as administrator of the Indiana Assigned Risk Reinsurance Plan, for the company’s payment of a worker’s compensation claim and attorney’s fees incurred in litigation of that claim.
The plan offers worker’s compensation insurance for employers who can’t secure insurance in the voluntary market.
Technology Insurance Company has asked the high court to accept jurisdiction over the appeal.
At 10 a.m., the court will hear the case Indiana Land Trust #3082, Trustee of Indiana Land Trust #3082 et al v. Hammond Redevelopment Commission et al, No. 24A-PL-1284.
The Hammond Redevelopment Commission had brought an eminent domain action against property owned by Indiana Land Trust #3082.
The land trust and its beneficiaries filed a separate action against the commission, the city of Hammond, and several public officials for alleged abuse of process, but the trial court dismissed the trust’s complaint.
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed the Lake Superior Court’s granting of a dismissal of the case.
The supreme court granted the commission’s transfer petition and has assumed jurisdiction on the case.
These arguments can be viewed online.
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