Cogdill v. Aetna Life Insurance

The compensation statutes of different states are as varied as the amendments of the various legislatures have made possible. However, the principles applicable are similar in some of the statutes and the question here involved has been passed upon by the supreme courts of some of the states. It is held quite generally that under similar statutes regarding commutation of payments, a lump sum settlement cannot be awarded without the consent of the parties. (Coker v.Avondale Mills, 208 Ala. 268, 93 So. 900; Pierce v.Boyer-Van Kuran Lumber Coal Co., 99 Neb. 321, L.R.A. 1916D, 970, 156 N.W. 509;…