Clark v. Diamond Restaurant

WENTWORTH, Judge.

Claimant seeks review of a workers’ compensation order by which the judge of compensation claims (JCC) reinstated a temporarily vacated settlement agreement between the parties on the basis that it was final as of the date of the settlement hearing, and by which the JCC directed the parties to execute the agreement and forward it to him for approval. We reverse, concluding that the agreement was not final at hearing and never became so.

Claimant sustained a compensable injury to her back in 1981. In late 1988, the employer/carrier and claimant agreed to settle her pending…