Barnes v. Wise Fashions

Opinion

BRAY, J.

Gloria A. Barnes (claimant) appeals a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission (commission) which terminated her benefits “for having prejudiced the rights of subrogation” of Wise Fashions (employer) and American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company (carrier). Claimant argues that the commission erred in concluding that injuries suffered in an automobile collision adversely affected her recovery from a previous compensable accident and that she failed to obtain her employer’s requisite consent to settle the tort claim. Claimant also contends that the commission…