Associated Employers Lloyds v. Burns

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a suit by the employee to set aside a compromise settlement of a claim for workmen’s compensation. It is alleged that the employee was induced to make the compromise by reason of false statements made to him concerning his physical condition by the insurer’s physician. There is no claim that such statements were made by the physician with knowledge of their falsity, but only that the statements were false in fact.

The employee was injured when a heavy object fell on his back. Because of his injuries he was off work for about six weeks. The insurer’s physician,…