Dickson, J.
This case presents a question of first impression: whether Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Act’s cap on attorney fees from a Patient Compensation Fund award also applies to reduce the Fund’s liability. In this adult wrongful death medical malpractice case, the trial court ordered payment by the Fund to the Estate, without any reduction to reflect the limitation on attorney fees. In a divided opinion, the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded. Ind. Patient’s Comp. Fund v. Holcomb, 998 N.E.2d 989 (Ind. Ct. App. 2013). We granted transfer and now affirm the trial court.
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In conclusion, we decline to construe the Fee Cap Provision of the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act, Ind. Code § 34-18-18-1, to reduce the Patient’s Compensation Fund’s liability to a plaintiff AWDS claimant. The Fee Cap Provision applies only to cap the fees that the plaintiff’s lawyer may charge his or her client as to the award the client receives from the Fund, but it does not lessen the Fund’s liability to a claimant. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Rush, C.J., and Rucker, David, and Massa, JJ., concur.