Pacific Employers Insurance v. Brannon

The respondent employee Brannon brought this suit in the District Court as one to set aside a workmen’s compensation claim settlement theretofore approved by the Industrial Accident Board. The sole ground for relief alleged was fraud in the settlement negotiations on the part of the defendant-petitioner, Pacific Employers Insurance Company. In the first stage of the litigation the cause was dismissed on a plea of said defendant insurer that the amount of the settlement ($215.00) was below the jurisdictional limit of the District Court, but this holding was reversed by us and the cause sent…