M.S. v. Unifund Assurance Company (18-000715)

The claimant applied to the LAT for IRBs. The insurer approved entitlement eight days before the hearing. The claimant sought an order from the Tribunal that she was entitled to ongoing IRBs; the insurer argued that because there was no longer a dispute, the Tribunal did not have jurisdiction. Adjudicator Gosio held that once the insurer agreed to pay IRBs, the Tribunal lost jurisdiction to adjudicate the issue, and that sections 280 and 281 did not permit the Tribunal to make an order once a dispute had been resolved.