MULTIPLE INJURY TRUST FUND v. GARRETT

Wyrick, J.,

with whom Winchester, J., joins, dissenting:

¶ 1 The question presented by this case is not whether a workers’ compensation judge’s approval of a joint petition settlement can constitute an '‘adjudication” of certain facts. We long ago held that it could. The question is whether the judge’s approval of this joint petition settlement was an “adjudication” of the specific fact relevant to the outcome of this case: whether Tommy Garrett was permanently disabled as a result of his 1991 on-the-job injury.

¶ 2 The trial court found that Garrett had “sustained two compensable job injuries…