James v. ANNE'S INC.

I respectfully dissent. This case is before us only because the insurance company wants to bully the injured worker into accepting less benefits than the worker is entitled to under the law. Life expectancy proration does not cost the insurance company anything; zero. Yet the insurance company objects unless the injured worker agrees to accept less than she is entitled to in workers’ compensation. I cannot countenance such abhorrent behavior and I fail to see the judicial attraction to assisting insurance companies in their efforts to mistreat injured workers.

The Commission issued a…