Kienas v. Peterson

This is an appeal by an injured workman from a judgment of the Workers’ Compensation Court which denied claimant’s petition to reopen a full and final compromise settlement agreement.

Kenneth Kienas (hereinafter called claimant) was injured in an industrial accident while working for his employer, James C. Peterson. At the time of the injury, the employer was enrolled under Plan 3 of the Workers’ Compensation Act, with the State Compensation Insurance Fund (hereinafter called State Fund) being the insurer.

Claimant is a thirty-two-year-old man from Missoula, Montana. He was injured in an…