Claim of Munro v. L. P. Henryson & Co.

The claimant did not file a notice of election to sue a third party, nor give any other notice to the Commission, the employer, or the employer’s carrier. Before any award was made, the claimant settled her claim against the third party, the owner of the building in which she was injured, received fifty dollars in money, and thereupon executed and delivered a general release. Thereafter the claimant prosecuted her claim for compensation, and received payments from the employer’s carrier to the extent of $550. The settlement was then discovered by the insurance carrier of the employer, and…