Burger v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.

CRANE, Presiding Judge.

A workers’ compensation claimant appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of employer and insurer on his amended petition to set aside the compromise lump sum settlement which had been approved by the Administrative Law Judge. Claimant sought relief on the grounds that he entered into the settlement based on the treating doctor’s opinion that claimant had recovered from a spider bite and the doctor expected no long-term complications; however, after the settlement claimant developed serious complications resulting from the spider bite. We affirm.

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