Kinsey v. Northern Insurance Co. of New York

MILLER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a dismissal of a suit to enforce a compromise settlement and judgment rendered pursuant to the settlement.

Appellant filed a claim with the Industrial Accident Board (IAB) for a work-related injury which he had sustained on October 10, 1970. Dissatisfied with the outcome of that proceeding, and in a timely manner, he filed suit to set aside the award of the IAB in the district court of Brazoria County, Texas. On March 17, 1972, the parties entered into a compromise settlement whereby an agreed judgment was rendered in favor of the appellant, setting aside…