Stanfield v. Smith

INGRAM, Presiding Judge.

William Henry Stanfield, the employer in this case, appeals to this court from the trial court’s decision to set aside a consent settlement in a workmen’s compensation case.

Bobby Gene Smith was employed by Stanfield as a pulpwoodsman in January 1986, when Smith’s left leg was broken at work because a tree “kicked back” and hit his leg. Stanfield’s workmen’s compensation insurance paid Smith’s medical expenses and paid temporary total disability benefits to him. He was released by his treating physician in September 1987, at which time he was assigned a permanent…