Stiles v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge COHN.

Before the Court is the question of whether the efficacy of a Workers’ Compensation Compromise and Release (C & R) Agreement can be attacked on the basis that a claimant was.mentally incompetent to comprehend what she was agreeing to or whether such an attack is precluded by the doctrine of collateral estoppel.1 This is an issue of first impression, and has far-reaching consequences. Marcella Stiles (Claimant) appeals an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) that upheld the order of Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) Charles A. Getty, dismissing the…