Legal Opinion
Anchor Motor Freight v. Ciabattoni
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided August 12, 1998No. 359, 1997PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERGER, Justice:
We accepted this interlocutory appeal in order to resolve a question about the authority of the Industrial Accident Board to approve compensation agreements. The Board denied a petition to enforce an agreement modifying disability benefits because the injured employee died before the agreement was completed and submitted to the Board for approval. The Superior Court reversed, based on its interpretation of a statute governing commutation agreements. We conclude that the agreement in issue is not a commutation agreement; it is a general “agreement on compensation or benefits.”…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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