Wentworth v. Sparks Regional Medical Center

John E. Jennings, Judge.

The claimant in this workers’ compensation case appeals from the Commission’s order, which found that the respondent was entitled to a credit based upon a setdement entered into between the claimant and a third-party tortfeasor. Claimant argues that the Commission erred in allowing the credit. We disagree and affirm.

Joanne Wentworth was on her way to work at Sparks Regional Medical Center on August 17, 1992, when, while walking across the street between the parking lot and the hospital entrance, she was hit by a car driven by Emma Jo Couthern and was injured. In…