Brewster v. Cooley & Associates

OPINION

MINZNER, Chief Judge.

Claimant appeals the compensation order of the Workers’ Compensation Administration (Administration). We discuss (1) timeliness of the appeal; (2) whether the workers’ compensation judge (judge) properly awarded Respondents an offset for medical benefits paid under a prior settlement; (3) whether Respondents failed to prove with reasonable certainty that payment of current medical benefits would duplicate Claimant’s prior settlement award; and (4) whether the judge erred in failing to prorate the offset over Claimant’s life expectancy. For the reasons that follow,…