Pacific Western Construction Co. v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

LACAGNINA, Judge.

The employer and its insurance carrier appeal from the June 12, 1989 Industrial Commission award denying a compromise and settlement agreement entered into between a claimant and the carrier in 1980, while at the same time approving the stipulated findings and award of June 1980 which resulted from the settlement agreement.

The issues presented by this appeal are:

1. The scope and criteria of the commission’s review of a settlement of lost earning capacity,

2. The applicability of general contract principles to commission awards based on settlements,

3. The survival of a…