Walsh v. Telesector Resources Group, Inc.

This appeal raises the question whether an employee and his spouse are entitled to a trial on their complaint for damages after a Superior Court judge reapportioned the allocation of amounts to be recovered by each of them under a proposed settlement agreement presented pursuant to G. L. c. 152, § 15, as appearing in St. 1991, c. 398, § 39. Concluding that parties to a proposed settlement cannot be forced to accept judicial modification of the terms of the agreement, we reverse the judgments and the order denying the plaintiffs’ motion to place their complaint on a trial list.

1. The injury.…