United States Seventh Circuit

Ind. Code section 22-3-4-12.1, which grants exclusive jurisdiction to the Indiana Worker's Compensation Board to determine whether a worker's compensation insurance carrier acted in bad faith in adjusting an aggrieved worker's compensation, applies retroactively.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/28/2004
• Decided 05/25/2005
• Published 05/25/2005

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James E. Ayers (argued), Wernle, Ristine & Ayers, Linden, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Martin W. Kus (argued), Newby, Lewis, Kaminski & Jones, LaPorte, IN, Michael J. Rappa (argued), Johnson & Rappa, Merrillville, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.