Post by Logan on Jul 5, 2016 22:15:08 GMT -6
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A new judge must oversee the state of Indiana's long-running fight with IBM Corp. over the company's failed effort to privatize state welfare services, Indiana's highest court ruled Tuesday.
In its order, the state Supreme Court said Indiana is entitled to a change of judge and added that its opinion "is final and effective immediately."
Indiana and IBM sued each other in 2010 after then-Gov. Mitch Daniels cancelled IBM's $1.3 billion contract to automate much of Indiana's welfare system. That contact was pulled in late 2009, less than three years into the 10-year deal, following complaints from welfare clients and others about long wait times, lost documents and improper rejections.
In March, the state Supreme Court ruled that IBM had breached its contract. That ruling upheld a February 2014 state Court of Appeals finding that reversed a Marion County judge's ruling that Indiana had failed to prove IBM breached its contract.
Read more: www.courierpress.com/news/state/Indianas-high-court-OKs-new-judge-in-IBM-welfare-case-385626671.html
In its order, the state Supreme Court said Indiana is entitled to a change of judge and added that its opinion "is final and effective immediately."
Indiana and IBM sued each other in 2010 after then-Gov. Mitch Daniels cancelled IBM's $1.3 billion contract to automate much of Indiana's welfare system. That contact was pulled in late 2009, less than three years into the 10-year deal, following complaints from welfare clients and others about long wait times, lost documents and improper rejections.
In March, the state Supreme Court ruled that IBM had breached its contract. That ruling upheld a February 2014 state Court of Appeals finding that reversed a Marion County judge's ruling that Indiana had failed to prove IBM breached its contract.
Read more: www.courierpress.com/news/state/Indianas-high-court-OKs-new-judge-in-IBM-welfare-case-385626671.html