Stiles v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

DISSENTING OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

In this issue of first impression, the majority determines that a claimant who suffers from mental impairment may not petition for review of a Workers’ Compensation Compromise and Release (C & R) Agreement on grounds that-she was incapable of understanding its ramifications because the doctrine of collateral estoppel forecloses this relief to any such-claimant as a matter of law by virtue of the very finding she seeks to have reviewed. I believe that such a result is both absurd and unjust; therefore, I must respectfully dissent.

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