Special Disability Trust Fund v. Trail Tire Center

SHIVERS, Judge.

The Special Disability Trust Fund (the Fund) in these consolidated workers’ compensation cases appeals the deputy’s orders finding that the Fund waived its right not to be joined as a party to the settlement/washout proceeding (Case No. AU-218) and finding that the settlement' was reasonable from the perspective of the Fund in the reimbursement proceeding (Case No. AW-83). We affirm on the basis that the settlement was reasonable from the perspective of all interested parties, including the Fund. However, we find that the deputy erred while in the process of reaching the…