Sherlin v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

OPINION

BROCK, Chief Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation ease in which the plaintiff employee sued the insurer of his employer to recover benefits for an alleged injury arising out of and in the course of his employment resulting in disability to his hand. After the complaint was filed in court, the attorneys for the parties reached an agreement in writing to settle the plaintiff’s claims for workmen’s compensation in a lump sum, subject to approval of the Chancellor. However, after this written agreement was entered into but before its submission to the court for approval, the employee…