Claim of Tubis v. H. Weaderhorn, Inc.

The question here is whether the third-party action was compromised by the parties. Concededly the amount of the recovery was less than the compensation provided for under the Workmen’s Compensation Law and the insurance carrier did not approve of the compromise, if one there was. The State Industrial Board has found that a third-party action was instituted by the claimant’s representative, the plaintiff by his attorney agreed with the defendants in court chambers that judgment be entered against both defendants in the sum of $5,500, whereupon the court announced that it had been in…