Gorman v. Employers Mutual Liability Insurance

Felton, Chief Judge.

1. An agreement to pay and receive compensation for temporary total disability, signed by the employee and employer and approved by the State Board of Workmen’s Compensation, is res judicata as to the condition of the employee on the date of the agreement and cannot be questioned or affected by the opinion of a physician that he examined the employee two days prior to the agreement and that he at that time thought that the employee could return to work. There being no other evidence that the employee’s physical condition had improved to the extent that he was able to…