McNeel v. Holy Rosary Hospital

How long, oh how long, will this Court defer to the legislature to cure a practice of Workers’ Compensation insurers which forces em*429ployees to burden themselves with attorney fees to obtain their rightful compensation benefits?

There is really no need to defer to the legislature to end this cruelhearted practice. The Workers’ Compensation Court itself, could, upon receiving a stipulation from an insurer that agrees that a worker is entitled to benefits, adopt the stipulation and adjudicate the compensability. This Court could interpret a settlement arrived at in the Workers’ Compensation Court…