Kent v. Sievert

This appeal is taken by the State Industrial Accident Board, hereinafter called the Board, from a district court order granting Kenneth B. Kent, hereinafter called claimant, a lump sum payment in settlement of his claim for workmen’s compensation benefits.

Claimant sustained an industrial accident on June 19, 1968 and on July 24, 1968 filed a claim for workmen’s compensation with the Board. The claim was approved and payments of compensation commenced on August 28, 1968 in the amount of $40 per week.

On February 13, 1970 claimant, through his attorney, filed a “Petition for Lump Sum Settlement”…