Goldberger Foods, Inc. v. Lewis

KELLEY, Justice.

The employer-insurer seek review of an order issued by a divided Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals panel granting employee’s petition to vacate an award on stipulation, contending that the panel majority erred in holding that the award should be vacated on the ground of mistake. We have concluded that this decision was, under the circumstances of this case, an abuse of discretion, and we reverse and *531remand the matter so that the WCCA may again consider the issue after an evidentia-ry hearing.

The facts pertaining to employee’s claims of work-related neck and back injuries,…