Christopher Furlough v. Spherion Atlantic Workforce, LLC

OPINION

in which GARY R. WADE, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., JJ„ joined.

We accepted review of this appeal to determine whether, when a workers’ compensation settlement involving an employee represented by counsel is approved by the Department of Labor and the SD-1 form is submitted contemporaneously with the settlement agreement, a court may set the settlement aside as non-final based on the court’s determination that the SD-1 form was not “fully completed.” We hold that when the Department of Labor approves a settlement, it implicitly approves the accompanying SD-1 form,…