Washington v. Holmes Barnes, Limited

FOURNET, Justice.'

This is a suit by an employee to set aside the lump-sum settlement entered into between himself, his employer, and its insurer, with the approval of the court, on July 6, 1939, and to recover compensation against the defendants for total permanent disability, plus a penalty of 50%, to be paid in a lump sum, with legal interest, less the amount previously paid him. The matter is now before us on a writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Appeal for the First Circuit (4 So.2d 51) wherein the appellate court reversed the judgment of the lower court dismissing…