Claim of Rodriguez v. New Sans Souci, N.H.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 7, 2010, which, among other things, suspended claimant’s workers’ compensation benefits pending proof that the employer’s workers’ compensation carrier consented to the settlement of claimant’s third-party action.

On May 9, 1999, claimant sustained a work-related injury to his back and knees and was awarded workers’ compensation benefits. Claimant underwent back surgery in connection with that accident in September 1999 and again in April 2003. In 2005, claimant was classified with a partial disability, and compensation…