Ex Parte Ford

782 So.2d 185 (2000)

Ex parte Margaret FORD.

(Re Margaret Ford v. Cagles, Inc.)

1981651.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 21, 2000.

Ralph E. Coleman of Coleman, Friday & Clem, Birmingham, for petitioner.

Daniel J. Burnick and Howard P. Walthall of Sirote & Permutt, P.C., Birmingham, for respondent.

SEE, Justice.

This is a workers' compensation case. We granted the plaintiff Margaret Ford's petition for certiorari review to resolve a question of first impression, specifically, whether a settlement agreement entered into by a worker and her employer at a benefit-review conference conducted by an…