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ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT
C. Richard Marshall Columbus, Indiana

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE
Donald S. Smith Cheryl D. Finchum Riley Bennett & Egloff, LLP Indianapolis, Indiana

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In the

FILED
of the supreme court, court of appeals and tax court

Aug 27 2008, 11:06 am

Indiana Supreme Court
_________________________________ No. 93S02-0711-EX-561 CHRISTOPHER R. BROWN, D.D.S., INC.,

CLERK

Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. DECATUR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Appellee (Defendant below). _________________________________ Appeal from the Worker's Compensation Board of Indiana, Application No. C-159326 _________________________________ On Petition To Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 93A02-0703-EX-236 _________________________________

August 27, 2008

Rucker, Justice.

In this opinion we explore whether the Worker's Compensation Board may award interest on worker's compensation benefits including past due medical bills. We conclude that in the absence of express statutory authority it may not do so.

Facts and Procedural History

On April 26, 2001, while employed by Decatur County Memorial Hospital and attending a work related seminar, Dorine Trimnell was involved in an automobile collision with a hit-andrun driver. As a consequence Trimnell suffered multiple bodily injuries including injuries to her face, head, and neck. The following day Trimnell notified her employer of the collision. As required by statute, Hospital's worker's compensation insurance carrier, American Physicians Capital, Inc. ("Insurer"), provided Trimnell several medical specialists, including Christopher R. Brown, D.D.S., Inc. ("Dr. Brown"). See Ind. Code

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