Taylor v. Reliance Well Service, Inc.

WILSON, J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. The claimant and the employer/carrier settled this workers’ compensation dispute and submitted a joint application for approval of the settlement to the Workers’ Compensation Commission. After the Commission received the application but before it approved the settlement, the claimant died. Two days later, the Commission approved the settlement, unaware that the claimant had passed away. The employer/carrier then moved to vacate the Commission’s prior order approving the settlement, arguing that the order was based on a mistake of fact — that the claimant was…