Merrill v. Eastland Woolen Mills, Inc.

GODFREY, Justice.

Employee Merrill appeals from a pro for-ma decree of the Superior Court affirming the denial by the Workers’ Compensation Commission of his petition to annul a lump-sum agreement. The principal issue raised by the appellant is whether, under 39 M.R.S.A. § 102 (1978), as amended by P.L. 1977, ch. 709, § 5, the Commission has authority to annul for mistake of fact a lump-sum settlement agreement executed by the parties and approved by the Commission in 1971. Because we hold that the Commission has such authority by virtue of the 1978 amendment of section 102, we sustain the…