Boehme v. Fareway Stores, Inc.

STREIT, Justice.

James Boehme was injured while working at Fareway Stores when an ice cream cart fell on him. Without entering into a settlement agreement, Fareway provided Boehme with medical and weekly benefits. Six years later, Boehme settled with the manufacturer of the ice cream cart. That settlement resulted in a payment to Fare-way for reimbursement of some of the past payments it had made to Boehme as well as a credit for future workers’ compensation benefits. Accordingly, Fareway stopped paying weekly benefits, and Boehme began maintaining a record of the amount of weekly benefits and…